Ryzen 5: Six cores and 12 threads for less than $250

Ryzen 5

Following the trend started with its Ryzen 7, AMD has unveiled the details of its next family of processors for the consumer market. This time the market niche is more ambitious, according to AMD, there is twice as much demand for processors priced below $300 than on the high end.

The Ryzen 5 will hit the market to compete directly with the Intel Core i5 for price, and even with several Core i7 models in performance, putting the focus on high performance for the price you pay for them. Both players and creatives who do not require high performance are among their potential customers.

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