amd The Ryzen 5 3500 is showing up in India

[EpycZen]

Some Indian online retailers have the Ryzen 5 3500 put up in their website. Although AMD only released a 3500X as a China-only CPU, they never released a 3500 non-X version. Here are some links to the websites and some pictures.

The IT Depot : shorturl.at/GNO28

MD Computers : shorturl.at/mCMR6

Prime ABGB : shorturl.at/kHLU9

The 6-core CPU appears to have base clock of 3.6 GHz with a boost clock of 4.1GHz and a 16MB Cache.

The IT Depot's page tells that it is allegedly a desktop CPU?

Thanks,

EpycZen from India

 

Edited October 11, 2019 by EpycZen

[Bananasplit_00]

"allegedly desktop processors" from the top pic lol

[Spotty]

Are we sure this is meant to be a Ryzen 5 3500 and not just an error for the Ryzen 5 3500X? The 3.6GHz base/4.1GHz boost specs listed on the Indian retailer websites for the "Ryzen 5 3500" match the specs listed here and here for the Ryzen 5 3500X.

11,000 Indian Rupees is currently about $155 USD.
For comparison the Ryzen 5 3600 is listed on those sites at around 17,000 Indian Rupees on Amazon.in, or about $240 USD.

The Ryzen 5 3500 seems like it might be a good value option for the Indian market. Strangely it's cheaper than the 3400G (12700 Rupees/$180 USD) which is only a quad core, and technically Zen+ not Zen2.

The interesting question is those stores also have the Ryzen 5 2600 listed for 13000 Rupees ($185 USD) and the Ryzen 5 1600 for 10000 Rupees ($140). Would you buy the Ryzen 3500 which (based on the 3500x) is a 6 core/6 thread (without SMT) for $155 USD or would you go with either the Ryzen 1600 which is 6 core/12 thread, but with slightly slower clock speeds for less, or spend the little bit extra and go with the Ryzen 5 2600 which is 6 core/12 thread?

Still no mention of either the Ryzen 5 3500 or 3500x on AMD's Ryzen 5 website as of writing. I'm sure if you had the time and look hard enough you could probably find references to it in motherboard supported CPU lists though.

[EpycZen]

Just now, Spotty said:

Are we sure this is meant to be a Ryzen 5 3500 and not just an error for the Ryzen 5 3500X? The 3.6GHz base/4.1GHz boost specs listed on the Indian retailer websites for the "Ryzen 5 3500" match the specs listed here for the Ryzen 5 3500X.

11,000 Indian Rupees is currently about $155 USD.
For comparison the Ryzen 5 3600 is listed on those sites at around 17,000 Indian Rupees on Amazon.in, or about $240 USD.

The Ryzen 5 3500 seems like it might be a good value option for the Indian market. Strangely it's cheaper than the 3400G (12700 Rupees/$180 USD) which is only a quad core, and technically Zen+ not Zen2.

The interesting question is those stores also have the Ryzen 5 2600 listed for 13000 Rupees ($185 USD) and the Ryzen 5 1600 for 10000 Rupees ($140). Would you buy the Ryzen 3500 which (based on the 3500x) is a 6 core/6 thread (without SMT) for $155 USD or would you go with either the Ryzen 1600 which is 6 core/12 thread, but with slightly slower clock speeds for less, or spend the little bit extra and go with the Ryzen 5 2600 which is 6 core/12 thread?

Still no mention of either the Ryzen 5 3500 or 3500x on AMD's Ryzen 5 website as of writing. I'm sure if you had the time and look hard enough you could probably find references to it in motherboard supported CPU lists though.

Yeah, I felt that was strange and so i wanted to share this.

[Dabombinable]

11 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Are we sure this is meant to be a Ryzen 5 3500 and not just an error for the Ryzen 5 3500X? The 3.6GHz base/4.1GHz boost specs listed on the Indian retailer websites for the "Ryzen 5 3500" match the specs listed here and here for the Ryzen 5 3500X.

11,000 Indian Rupees is currently about $155 USD.
For comparison the Ryzen 5 3600 is listed on those sites at around 17,000 Indian Rupees on Amazon.in, or about $240 USD.

The Ryzen 5 3500 seems like it might be a good value option for the Indian market. Strangely it's cheaper than the 3400G (12700 Rupees/$180 USD) which is only a quad core, and technically Zen+ not Zen2.

The interesting question is those stores also have the Ryzen 5 2600 listed for 13000 Rupees ($185 USD) and the Ryzen 5 1600 for 10000 Rupees ($140). Would you buy the Ryzen 3500 which (based on the 3500x) is a 6 core/6 thread (without SMT) for $155 USD or would you go with either the Ryzen 1600 which is 6 core/12 thread, but with slightly slower clock speeds for less, or spend the little bit extra and go with the Ryzen 5 2600 which is 6 core/12 thread?

Still no mention of either the Ryzen 5 3500 or 3500x on AMD's Ryzen 5 website as of writing. I'm sure if you had the time and look hard enough you could probably find references to it in motherboard supported CPU lists though.

Considering the R5 3600X is as fast as an R7 2700X, it probably makes sense to go with the R5 3500.

[Taf the Ghost]

Rumor is the 3500 (the non-X model) is running around in the hands of reviewers. Do realize this a 1/2 L3 Cache model, where the 3500X is 32 mb while the 3500 is 16 mb. So this model might see a slow rollout across the distribution market. 

[EpycZen]

24 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Rumor is the 3500 (the non-X model) is running around in the hands of reviewers. Do realize this a 1/2 L3 Cache model, where the 3500X is 32 mb while the 3500 is 16 mb. So this model might see a slow rollout across the distribution market. 

Could be true

[Doobeedoo]

Was matter of time until these OEM units startto show up.