AMD’s Zen 2 Ryzen 3000-series CPUs are still a few months away with little being revealed at January’s CES, but we have yet more rumors and supposed leaks this week, yet again from an Asian retailer. Specifically, the names and pricing appear to be roughly in line with previous leaks with the flagship Ryzen 9 3850X, which is rumored to offer a massive 16 cores and 32 threads, aiming for around $500 (actually 760 Singapore dollars or equivalent to $560).
This is roughly the same as Intel’s current mainstream flagship, the Core i9-9900K, which the fastest and most powerful CPU out there unless you step up to a high-end desktop platform. This is yet more evidence that AMD looks set to turn the CPU market on its head again this year and possibly even more so than Ryzen’s initial launch and certainly with bigger ramifications than the 2nd gen Ryzen launch last year.
Other CPUs mentioned in the leak are the Ryzen 9 3800X, which is rumored to offer 16 cores and 32 threads but at slightly slower frequencies, plus two 12 and 8-core CPUs and a trio of 6-core CPUs, both with and without onboard graphics. The specifications and names from previous leaks are listed below, but it’s interesting that the pricing and names haven’t changed much if at all in separate leaks.
| Cores/Threads | Base Clock | Boost Clock | TDP | Price | |
| Ryzen 3 3300 | 6/12 | 3.2GHz | 4.0GHz | 50W | $99 |
| Ryzen 3 3300X | 6/12 | 3.5GHz | 4.3GHz | 65W | $129 |
| Ryzen 3 3300G | 6/12 | 3.0GHz | 3.8GHz | 65W | $129 |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | 8/16 | 3.6GHz | 4.4GHz | 65W | $178 |
| Ryzen 5 3600X | 8/16 | 4.0GHz | 4.8GHz | 95W | $229 |
| Ryzen 5 3600G | 8/16 | 3.2GHz | 4.0GHz | 95W | $199 |
| Ryzen 7 3700 | 12/24 | 3.8GHz | 4.6GHz | 95W | $299 |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | 12/24 | 4.2GHz | 5.0GHz | 105W | $329 |
| Ryzen 9 3800X | 16/32 | 3.9GHz | 4.7GHz | 125W | $449 |
| Ryzen 9 3850X | 16/32 | 4.3GHz | 5.1GHz | 135W | $499 |
That said, given how far 3rd gen Ryzen’s launch is, all these details should be taken with a generous helping of salt. Still, we can’t help but feel excited at the prospect of AMD ramping up the pressure once again, especially as it has already revealed itself that the performance of these CPUs on a per-core basis has massively improved, as demonstrated at CES this year. As always, stay tuned to me here on Forbes or at the social media outlets below where I’ll be discussing news from AMD as it comes in over the next few months.
