Ryzen 7 5700X3D reportedly reaches 'end-of-life' — AMD's last eight-core Zen 3 3D V-Cache CPU ends production

The road is almost over for AMD's Zen 3-based 3D-VCache-powered gaming processors. Tweakers.net reports that various retailers can no longer purchase the Ryzen 7 5700X3D from AMD, thus confirming the CPU has reached end-of-life status.

Outgoing Ryzen 7 5700X3D pricing and availability back up Tweakers report, as AMD's last eight-core Zen 3 3D-VCache chip is no longer available in the U.S. from virtually all popular retailers, including Newegg, Amazon, B&H Photo, Best Buy, and Micro Center. The only places where the 5700X3D is still readily accessible include the used market and a few third-party listings on Newegg.

Newegg currently has three active Ryzen 7 5700X3D listings, one going for $278.09, another $340, and the last one $526.17, all coming from third-party retailers based in Hong Kong. EBay has a variety of used Ryzen 7 5700X3D chips starting as low as $205 (at the time of writing), as well as some sellers claiming they have brand-new models.

Over in the Netherlands, Tweakers reports Ryzen 7 5700X3D prices have started to climb, reportedly from €225 to €260.

The Ryzen 7 5700X3D debuted in January 2024 as a cheaper alternative to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, slotting in between the 5800X3D and the MicroCenter-exclusive Ryzen 5 5600X3D. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D is a downclocked variant of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, featuring eight Zen 3 cores, 96MB of L3 cache, and a 400MHz clock speed reduction compared to its pricier brother. The 5700X3D peaked at just 4.1GHz, while the 5800X3D peaked at 4.5GHz.

Despite its lower clock speeds, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D proved to be one of AMD's most competitive gaming CPUs at the time, coming in at around $100 cheaper than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Core i5-14600K, while offering performance similar to both chips. (The 5700X3D's MSRP was $249, but street pricing was at $229 when our review went live in May 2024.)

In our review, we found the Ryzen 7 5700X3D was just 9% slower than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D on average at 1080p (while being 35% cheaper), and was 3% faster than Intel's Core i5-14600K. The 3D-VCache in the 5700X3D also enabled the Zen 3 part to outperform entry-level Zen 4 parts, beating the Ryzen 5 7600X by 13%.

The Ryzen 7 5700X3D continued its competitive domination for months after launch, eventually becoming the sole X3D chip for the AM4 platform after AMD discontinued the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and MicroCenter ran out of Ryzen 5 5600X3D inventory — the latter was a limited-edition MicroCenter exclusive that EOLed during the 5700X3D's launch.