AMD Speedruns Destruction of Goodwill (R5 4500 CPU Review)

AMD's Ryzen 5 4500 CPU is one of the worst releases from AMD that we've benchmarked in years. This is a concerning turn for the company and hopefully isn't the start of a downward spiral.



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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Review
02:07 - New AMD CPU Specs (R5 4500 vs. 5500)
02:58 - PCIe Gen3 Woes & Other Insults
05:28 - Rainbow Six Siege CPU Benchmarks R5 4500
06:53 - Cyberpunk 2077 R5 4500 vs. i3-12100F
07:41 - F1 2021 AMD R5 4500
08:32 - CSGO Benchmarks R5 4500 vs. i3-12100F
09:26 - Red Dead Redemption 2 Worst Gaming CPU
09:56 - Far Cry 6 CPU Benchmarks
10:12 - Blender Cycles CPU Rendering
10:43 - Adobe Premiere CPU Benchmarks
11:10 - Adobe Photoshop Best CPUs
11:30 - Chromium Code Compile CPU Benchmarks
11:50 - Power Benchmark in Blender
12 :06 - Conclusion

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Host, Writing, Testing: Steve Burke
Testing: Patrick Lathan
Video: Keegan Gallick

[bellshooter]

Using up waste silicon is not a bad idea, but if this was a $75-80 OEM only chip with graphics for office boxes then it would be fine. As a consumer product with no graphics above $100 it is an insult.

[darkroast]

Watching AMD and Intel take turns ritualistically stumbling over their own hubris every 5-10 years never gets old.

[goldmac]

I can slowly see the Disappointment Build of 2022 taking form..

[Sgt_SealCluber]

The AMD vs Intel fight is like watching a Wrestling match where every so often one fighter throws THEMSELVES out of the ring!

[rufioh]

The CPU smiley face actually terrified me

[agevenisse]

This CPU seems to be made for a Dell Gaming PC, combined with a 6500 XT, and single channel RAM.

[Zosu]

Imagine how positive it would’ve been if they priced it at $85 to make it a 1600AF successor.

[MaxwllTheGreat]

If this were $80-$85 I think it would make sense at least as a good use of otherwise defective chips, but them setting the msrp at $130 is insulting

[kajurn]

AMD out there trying to make a case for "no bad products only bad prices" after Steve proved Reddit wrong.

[nitroxinfinity]

Too bad you didn't include the i3-10 series. It's dirt cheap and might make that 4500 look even worse.

[omarabbas]

Rehash this to something like "Athlon 4000", sell for half price, credibility restored as hero of the budget PC and the low end office market.

I will gladly accept the job as high priest of PR at AMD.

[buttersalad]

if I was a cpu I would probably be a r5 4500. failed but still surviving.

[guiorgy]

I don't mind using failed chips, as long as the price is right. If this was an Athlon CPU with an msrp of around 80$, it could have been a great one. maybe even if it had not SMT.

[BarDocK_LSSJ]

Aah yes, the disappointment build is coming along nicely 😈

[STORMFIRE]

Can’t wait to see a “budget pc build - crippled edition” pairing the 4500 with the 6500XT, that will be equivalent to watching a person run marathon after you cut all of their limbs off

[Ben-rypy]

Would've been a great $85 cpu. package up those failed laptop cpus and make a few bucks on them, but they're proving that brand loyalty is for the small minded. buy whatever is the best bang for the buck when you need to upgrade. My old $120 r5 2600 could probably still hang with this turd. At least they aren't priced like GPUs, and we can actually pick and choose our CPU at a competitive prices....not the 4500 though.

[OrcCorp]

Office & school computers for light use, such as calculator, browser, Word and Excel, at $80, this would make sense. For anything else, above $80, a joke and a meme.

[underdog]

AMD was the first company to bring out a PCI-E Gen 4 platform 2 years before Intel. Yet in 2022... They are still stuck on PCI-E gen 3 on their budget platform while Intel is providing Gen 4/5... How the tables have turned!

[creepingmee]

Just built a rig with one of these. Paid $59 for it. $50 for an asrock a520 mb and $150 for a power color rx6600. Plays 1080p ultra in evey game at 60+fps. It's great! LOVE IT!

[Jsteeezz]

LOL the smiley face on the pins of that cpu made me crack up!