AMD Ryzen 3, 5, and 7 Explained
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2018-05-06
·
1,108 words · ~5 min read
0:00
thanks for watching techwiki click the subscribe button then enable
0:03
notifications with the bell icon so you won't miss any future videos one of the
0:07
things i just love about the computer industry is the naming conventions you
0:12
can put your ek predator cooler inside your acer predator desktop one of the
0:18
best gpus on the market shares a name with the world's most mundane display
0:22
resolution and the industry as a whole has more references to force than the
0:27
entire expanded universe so then it was a huge surprise to
0:32
no one when AMD continued this proud tradition of uncreative naming by
0:37
designating their lineup of new ryzen cpus as ryzen 3 5 and 7.
0:42
the same numbers that team blue started
0:46
using all those years ago but
0:49
to AMD's credit they've gone a different direction with what those numbers
0:54
actually mean starting at the bottom we've got ryzen 3
0:58
though i would hardly call this bottom low end every ryzen 3 chip comes with 4
1:04
cores and 4 threads similar to an Intel
1:07
core i5 a 65 watt TDP means that the small
1:12
included wraith stealth heatsink that looks somewhat similar to an Intel stock
1:16
solution should do you nicely if you're not interested in overclocking a ryzen 3
1:21
will run you between 109 and 129 dollars
1:25
depending on exactly which model you choose stepping up we've got ryzen 5 which has
1:30
both 4 core 8 thread and 6 core 12 thread models positioning them
1:37
actually against mainstream grade core i7s except at the very high end so that
1:42
one is simple enough but the cooler situation here is a
1:47
little confusing the lowest end 1400
1:50
gets the same stealth cooler as before
1:53
then the other chips get the beefier wraith spire except for the top end six
1:59
core 1600x which has no bundled cooler
2:02
at all and a higher 95 watt TDP
2:07
so ryzen 5 will run you between 169 and
2:10
189 for 4 cores or 219 to 249 if you
2:15
want something with six at the top of the mainstream stack is the ryzen 7
2:20
lineup all of which are 8 core 16 thread
2:23
affairs again here you'll see tdps between 65
2:28
and 95 watts and only the lowest end
2:31
non-x ryzen 7 1700 includes aspire led
2:37
cooler though with that said i'd expect many of the folks buying the top tier
2:41
ones to want high performance after market cooling anyway if you pull the
2:46
trigger on a ryzen 7 expect to pay between 329 and 499 dollars but wait
2:52
there's more that's not the end of it for the first time in a decade AMD is
2:58
finally competing on the super high end as well with a product called ryzen
3:03
threadripper this dramatically named processor is
3:07
based on their server lineup and comes in 8 12 and 16 core variants all with
3:15
simultaneous multi-threading and 64 pci
3:18
express lanes these puppies produce copious amounts of
3:22
heat you will need to provide your own excellent cooler the cpus are physically
3:28
massive with over 4 000 lga style
3:32
contacts and with pricing from 549 to 999 they are
3:38
expensive though it's still cheaper than
3:42
Intel's closest equivalents so then which one should you choose if you're
3:46
interested well believe it or not if you won't be doing anything more demanding
3:50
than gaming ryzen 3 is probably an
3:54
excellent bet as there are hardly any games out there today that can
3:57
substantially take advantage of more than four cores though with that said
4:02
the extra threads and cores of a ryzen 5
4:05
might make sense for you if you're a light content creator or a game streamer
4:10
if you're a content creator who's doing more heavy lifting such as video editing
4:14
a higher end ryzen 5 or a ryzen 7 is a
4:18
great bet for you as for the super deluxe Threadripper
4:22
well that one makes sense if you need high-speed quad channel memory tons of
4:27
cores for virtualization and pci express
4:31
lanes out the wazoo for GPU compute uh
4:34
high-end networking or like crazy storage setups
4:38
regardless of what chip you pick though there are a few things to know well two
4:43
one every ryzen skew is unlocked and
4:47
overclockable out of the box so you won't be paying an Intel style premium
4:51
just to tweak the multiplier in your BIOS and two
4:55
ryzen isn't quite as strong in applications like games that skew more
5:00
heavily towards single core performance due to its lower per clock performance
5:05
compared to Intel however many tests
5:08
have shown that ryzen is a suitable performer in many of those applications
5:13
and actually a better value for multi-threaded applications so if you're
5:17
spending a lot of time in adobe premiere or streaming in hd you might be
5:21
pleasantly surprised so let us know in the comments then have
5:25
you taken the Ryzen plunge yet what are your thoughts so far and if you have
5:31
why are you watching this video you already bought it
5:35
go play some games or edit some videos on the subject of playing games are you
5:39
tired of playing beat the clock because you're a busy freelancer
5:43
well this episode is brought to you by freshbooks it's challenging to be
5:48
self-employed but with the growth of the internet there's never been more
5:52
opportunities to do it and to meet this need freshbooks created their cloud
5:56
accounting software that's designed for the way you work it's the simplest
6:00
easiest way to be more productive more organized and most importantly get paid
6:05
faster you can create and send professional looking invoices in less
6:08
than 30 seconds you can set up online payments with just a couple of clicks to
6:12
get paid up to four days faster you can track expenses with the full featured
6:16
mobile app available for iOS or Android and you can see when your client has
6:20
seen your invoice to put an end to the guessing games freshbooks is offering a
6:24
30-day unrestricted free trial to our viewers so to claim it go to freshbooks.com
6:28
techwiki and enter techwiki in the how did you hear about us section
6:32
so thanks for watching guys if you liked you can hit that button if you disliked
6:36
well there's the other button you should check out our other channels you should comment with video suggestions and you
6:40
should subscribe and hit the bell icon so you don't miss any of our videos