AMD Launches Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X with Zen 2 Cores and SMT, Bringing Eight Threads to the Family

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The surprise was spoiled late last week, but AMD has officially expanded its Ryzen 3 lineup with two new Zen 2-based processors: the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X, both of which feature four cores and eight threads. The company also introduced its lower-tiered B550 chipset, offering the privilege of PCIe 4.0 to those who are on a tighter budget.



“Taking advantage of the AMD world-class portfolio of technologies, these new Ryzen 3 desktop processors bring the groundbreaking ‘Zen 2’ core architecture to business users, gamers, and creators worldwide, leveraging Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) technology...

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New budget masters!

Those are some stout specs for their low prices of admission.