Two generations old but still kicking.
AMD might have cracked open the AM5 lid with Ryzen 9000-series processors such as the Ryzen 9 9950X, but it seems to be set on churning out more AM4 platform CPUs, too. And as far as I’m concerned, that’s good news—milk AM4 for all it’s worth, I say.
The two new chips are headed to the now-two-generations-out 5000-series. It looks like AMD might soon be launching two new Ryzen 5000-series CPUs in the form of the Ryzen 5 5600T and 5600XT, as, following momomo’s mention of the 5600T, VideoCardz noted the appearance of these CPUs on various motherboard manufacturers‘ pages.
AMD’s been pumping out 5000-series chips for quite a while now. There was 2023’s Ryzen 5 5600X3D (limited to MicroCenter), and 2024’s Ryzen 7 5800XT and Ryzen 9 5900XT, plus a Ryzen 7 5700X3D that launched at the start of the year which we reckon is now the best AM4 CPU upgrade for gamers. Oh, and a potential Ryzen 5 5500X3D, but we haven’t seen much mention of that since August.
