AMD Ryzen 5 CPUs revealed; launches on 11 April with India pricing starting from Rs 12,199

After the announcement of the Ryzen 7 desktop CPU launch, AMD at an event held in Beijing, China finally announced its AMD Ryzen 5 desktop processor lineup. The new range of desktop processors meant to take on their Intel counterparts head on, and will launch worldwide on 11 April with price tags in India starting from Rs 12,199.The lineup once again goes with disruptive performance and pricing and is looking at gamers and creators as their target consumers.The chipsets feature the powerful and efficient 'Zen' architecture in 6-core, 12-thread and 4-core, 8-thread options.The Ryzen performance lineup along with specifications are as follows:

Product Line	Model			Base Clock (GHz)	Boost Clock (GHz)	Included Cooler	TDP (Watts)	Suggested Price, (INR)
		Cores	Threads
AMD Ryzen 5	1600X	6	12	3.6	4	N/A	95	Rs 18,199
AMD Ryzen 5	1600	6	12	3.2	3.6		65	Rs 15,799
						Wraith Spire
AMD Ryzen 5	1500X	4	8	3.5	3.7		65	Rs 13,799
						Wraith Spire
AMD Ryzen 5	1400	4	8	3.2	3.4		65	Rs 12,199
						Wraith Stealth

“Ryzen will ultimately bring innovation and competition to virtually every segment of the PC market, and Ryzen 5 is the next big step on that journey, designed to achieve new levels of compute performance for millions of PC users,” said Jim Anderson, senior vice president and general manager, Computing and Graphics Group, AMD. AMD reinvigorated the high-performance desktop market with Ryzen 7 earlier this month, and AMD Ryzen 5 now brings the power and efficiency of the “Zen” core to users in the highly popular sub-$300 segment of the market.”The AMD Ryzen 5 lineup also includes new Wraith coolers, including the Wraith Spire and the Wraith Stealth, thermal solutions that are designed to provide near-silent operation, with unique styling and better cooling.All Ryzen processors support the new AM4 infrastructure, with motherboard designs being produced from top ODMs.