Ryzen is a line of CPUs designed by AMD, first released in February 2017. Ryzen CPUs operate on the Zen microarchitecture and use the AM4 socket type.

The Ryzen line is a direct competitor to Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processors, designed for high-end gaming, video editing and broadcasting, and general productivity.

Features

Ryzen features include:

  • Up to eight cores (16 threads).
  • Up to 16 MB of L3 cache.
  • Support for up to 64 GB of DDR4-2933 RAM.
  • Up to 24 PCIe lanes.

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