It's not that they are doing anything to make them slower, it's just that, if we look at the leaks we have, the 6 and 4 core models are clocked slower than the 8 core models. 

These are the rumored/leaked frequencies:

As you see, the 1800X is the fastest processor of them all, and there are things that doesn't make any sense, like the 1500 and 1100 having the same clocks despite the former having 2 more cores and 8 more threads and both having the same TDP.

Intel's 4 core chips are clocked higher than their 6 or 8 core siblings, and that's despite having a lower TDP as well.

I was looking at them on here that had them same clock speeds as the 8 cores and they are different to the table you posted?

- http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-5-3-launch-1600x-performance-reveal/

AMD Ryzen 5 Series Processor Lineup:

Shoot! i just couldnt keep up with technology advancement nowadays. A month ago, i was really tempted to buy gtx1070 gaming laptop. Now with the upcoming amd hardwares, i'm tempted to build a secondary pc (so i can get separate pc for work and gaming)

Really cool thing but it's way too tiny. If they make it double the size they can put in some more hardware and quality peripherals.

What I want is a surface RT back. Cause when the Surface RT launched, it was pretty good value but the issue was that it ran the ARM version of Windows which meant the desktop apps wouldn't work. Now that Windows 10 can work on ARM while being able to run x86 apps on ARM, that value would be killer!

Dell release a new HDR monitor and its price is too good to be true.

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-27-monitor-s2718hx/apd/210-alim/monitors-monitor-accessories?ST=s2718hx&dgc=ST&cid=298304&lid=5846243&acd=123098073120560&ven1=s9FzsMjAE&ven2=e&ven3=107003769574057794

Quick Specs

The device was beautifully engineered, but the software let it down. Bought two for my parents, and you would think a tablet OS should be stable, RT would just pop up with issues from time to time. I've had to reset the tablets countless of times and even now I need to check what update Microsoft sent which broke the touchscreen of one of them.

With the way Windows handled Surface RT... I have little confidence in them. They could have upgraded Surface 1 and 2 to WM10 while getting W10 ready, but they just left them to die.

I'm starting to f*cking hate this site for all the problems it's having as of late. I had to rewrite this whole post twice due to the mess this place is.

I got that table from this Guru3D article: http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-ryzen-launches-march-2nd.html

The problem here is, I think, that AMD still hasn't confirmed the specs of the 5 & 3 series, so it's still a bit up to speculation.

By the way, with all the hope and also hype behind Ryzen thanks to its comparisons to Intel's 8-core behemoths, here's a new leak that shakes all the positiveness a little bit and puts, in my opinion, things in their due place:

First AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Core i7 7700K Stock Gaming Performance Benchmarks in GTA V and Cinebench
http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-1700-gaming-performance-benchmarks-leak/

Ryzen is faster in Cinebench (obviosuly, it has twice the cores and threads), but loses in GTA V

Testing setup:

• Intel i7 7700K / AMD RYZEN 7 1700
• Gigabyte Z270 Ultra Gaming X / ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Hero
• NVIDIA GTX 1080
• Corsair Vengeance 3000MHz DDR4
• Corsair 1000W RMX PSU
• Corsair H115i AIO Cooler
• Samsung 250GB 850 EVO

Ryzen is 5% slower on average.

To be HDR10 (the standard) compatible, it needs to have a brightness of 1,000 cd/m². So this monitor uses an HDR solution from Dell (or maybe LG, which is probably the supplier of the monitor panel), which may or may not work with all HDR content.

I look forward to seeing what the Ryzen 5 clocks actually end up then and a whole lot of different benchmarks to see where it will fit in :)

I look forward to seeing what the Ryzen 5 clocks actually end up then and a whole lot of different benchmarks to see where it will fit in :)