The New AMD 3rd Generation Ryzen CPU Lineup The new AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen CPUs have arrived boasting higher performance gains over its predecessor lineup. With higher speeds, more memory and wider bandwidth the new Ryzen CPUs look to improve on and upgrade the way you relax, work and play. The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X processor includes 16 CPU Cores with 32 threads and a base clock of 3.5GHz that can be boosted to 4.7GHz. The new CPU's are backwards compatible with older motherboards thanks to the same AM4 slot socket however with the newly released chipset of X570 motherboards you can maximize the power the Ryzen CPUs have to offer. Support for DDR4 Memory continues but with the new Ryzen CPUs comes the new PCIe 4.0 Version which has improved the speeds of which your PCIe components such as graphics cards and some storage solutions communicate with the motherboard. Blur the line between elite gaming performance and workstation-class content creation with the most advanced desktop processors in the world. Setting the Bar for High Performance AMD s high-performance x86 Core Zen 2 architecture enables 3rd Gen Ryzen Processors like the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X to deliver the highest single-thread and multi-thread performance of any mainstream desktop processor. For gamers and creators alike, that s mission-critical performance built to help you win.