AMD has confirmed Ryzen 5 will launch on April 11th. AMD's high-end Ryzen 7 processors have been on the market for a weeks, but now it's time for something a little more affordable. Ryzen 5 is basically AMD's equivalent of Intel's Core i5, hitting that sweet spot betwixt price and performance. As we saw in our Ryzen CPU survey, they're also the most hotly anticipated of all Ryzen processors. There's going to be a whole bunch of Ryzen 5 CPUs available in various 4 and 6-core variants, ranging in price from just $169 all the way up to $249 for the highest-end model. At that sort of price point they're a much more realistic purchase for your average gaming PC build, with performance that isn't likely to hold any graphics card back. The full lineup of AMD Ryzen 5 processors comprises Ryzen 5 1600X, Ryzen 5 PRO 1600, Ryzen 5 1500, Ryzen 5 PRO 1500, Ryzen 5 1400X, Ryzen 5 PRO 1400, Ryzen 5 1300 and the Ryzen 5 PRO 1300.