AMD says its new Ryzen 5 processor can stand toe-to-toe with Intel's best chip. (!) By Alaina Yee. Senior Editor, PCWorld Aug 31, 2022 6:57 am PDT. Image: AMD.

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D sure sounds like a mighty gaming chip—enough cores to chomp through games, enhanced with heaps of cache, but without the prohibitive price tag of newer, high-end models.

Before AMD launches Ryzen 8000, though, it appears to be gearing up for another Ryzen 7000 launch, with the slide above indicating a range of Zen 4 processors with Navi 3.0 graphics or 'APUs'.