As usual, it’s not because they wanted to make a point of doing something to benefit others, they just want it as a talking point to take something away from their opponents.

To be fair this is possibly the most relevant xkcd of all time

Super mega chicken? No, is legend.

Don’t threaten me with a good time

Fourth: this isn’t a meme

Hello officer, yes this post right here

It just rolls right off the tongue

Not just any machine, the most foul, wretched, cursed devil’s machine

Super Sasa Mega Lele Cakes

Only if you also pronounce the i as you would in Spanish, Heembo

Following him on all possible channels sounds like a lot of work

Super easy actually, barely an inconvenience

If the episode didn’t happen, why do I have the song stuck in my head Bart?

If they’re all really so unhappy to do this, I’m not saying they should do a coup… but I’m not not saying that, either.

Joke’s on you, I just plagiarize my backstory from other media or roll for it randomly

Analysis based on GN benchmarks
It appears to basically be a downclocked 5600X3D, so the 5500X3D will definitely fall short of the performance of AM5 X3D CPUs, given that the weakest of that bunch, the 7600X3D, outperforms the 5600X3D from 3-12% in gaming and 12-24% in productivity.

The amount of downclocking is pretty similar to that of the 5700X3D vs the 5800X3D, so if the 5500X3D is similarly affected compared to the 5600X3D, it would be expected to be anywhere from 6-11% worse in gaming and 4-8% worse in productivity.

So then, using the averages of those ranges, the 7600X3D would outperform our assumed 5500X3D by about 16.6% in gaming and 25% in productivity. Beyond that you’ve also got the 7800X3D and 9800X3D which would further improve performance (or the Ryzen 9 X3D chips but those aren’t as popular).

While pricing seems unknown for now, I think if you’re determined to remain on AM4, I would just spend the extra for a 5700X3D, especially if you can find it on a sale, and get the most out of that AM4 that you can now for the rest of its life. But if you can budget a full platform upgrade with new mobo and DDR5 RAM, the 7800X3D seems to be coming back down in price, although not quite as cheap as it was Q4 2023 up to mid 2024.

What about this: Sharpie… on the masking tape.

Your face right now:

The year is 2062. Flying cars are finally real, true AI has enabled fully automated luxury gay space communism, and AMD announces the 59765X4D for AM4, compatible with 400 series chipset and higher motherboards with a BIOS update.

Or just move “Don’t call me” up and “No you don’t” left, and you can have straight lines to those