Hard as it may be to believe, in the closing days of June 2025, AMD has released a brand-new CPU for its almost 9-year-old AM4 platform. It’s the Ryzen 5 5500X3D and it takes advantage of AMD’s awesome 3D V-cache technology, elevating it to a top-performer status in its class.
Why on earth would AMD release a CPU for such a dated platform when conventional wisdom suggests that everyone has moved on to the almost 3-year-old AM5 platform? Is anyone still seriously building AM4 now? What’s the strategy here?
We take a deeper look at the release of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D, discuss its specifications, and look at the rationale for releasing a brand-new CPU for such an old platform.
Is this a ridiculous decision made by a company that is living in the past, or is it catching the wave of current trends and on-the-ground reality? Tune in and find out!
