The 7nm Ryzen 3000 family of processors is highly popular among those who are willing to pay for the latest products. According to Yandex.Market, in the first month of sales, these processors occupied almost a third of the range of products of the Ryzen family of all three generations sold in Russia, second only to the cheaper processors of the Ryzen 2000 series. There is another factor hindering the spread of Matisse series processors at this stage of the life cycle - There are no AMD models cheaper than the Ryzen 5 3600 yet, and the same Core i5-9400F, with six cores and a lower price, is a worthy competitor to it.
Ryzen processors from the previous two generations did not perform very convincingly in games even with six cores, but the Zen 2 architecture provided a noticeable advance in gaming applications. The Ryzen 5 3500 processor would be a good entry ticket to the Matisse family, but it's hard to say when it will be presented. But a well-known blogger TUM APISAK from Thailand already describes the characteristics of this processor on his page in .
According to the enthusiast, the Ryzen 5 3500 processor will have a combination of six cores and six threads. In fact, this will be one of its main differences from the Ryzen 5 3600, which supports all twelve threads. The frequencies will change slightly: the base will remain at 3,6 GHz, the maximum will drop from 4,2 GHz to 4,1 GHz. But the price will certainly be lower than those fifteen thousand rubles that are now being asked for Ryzen 5 3600 in Moscow stores. Considering that the Core i5-9400F can be found for twelve thousand rubles, the difference is significant.
Most likely, the Ryzen 5 3500 processor will be officially intended for the OEM segment, because the market for ready-made PCs needs such a model already now. This will not prevent its appearance in retail, just instead of a three-year warranty, private buyers will have to be content with a one-year one.
Source: 3dnews.ru