https://www.techradar.com/news/amd-introduces-two-new-mid-range-ryzen-cpus-you-cant-buy-yet > After a long quiet spell, AMD is finally launching its long-rumored, mid-range Ryzen 2nd Generation processors.  > Meet the new Ryzen 5 2500X and (the arguably more important) Ryzen 3 2300X, which we’ll talk about first. This CPU comes to replace the excellent Ryzen 3 1300X with an identical four-core, four-thread layout.