March 28, 2024

AMD today announced two new processors into their 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family along with a new chipset.

The processor release includes two new addition to the Ryzen 3 stack: The AMD Ryzen™ 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen™ 3 3300X priced at $99 USD and $125 USD respectively.

On the chipset side, AMD details the B550 chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors.

AMD Ryzen™ 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen™ 3 3300X

The Ryzen 3 3100 runs at peak boost frequency of 3.9 GHz while the 3300X will top out at 4.1 GHz. Both the CPUs will have 18MB total cache. The Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X will have a 4C/6T configuration with a TDP of 65W. Both the CPU’s will need discrete graphics to run.

AMD B550 Chipset

The B550 Chipset will finally bring the PCIe 4.0 support to the mid range which was exlcusive to X570 till date along with other goodies. We will bring more information as soon as we get them from the official sources