AMD Ryzen 9000: From $279 to $599
AMD has now confirmed pricing for its Ryzen 9000 series through retailers.
The latest desktop CPU series, known as “Granite Ridge,” will not launch until next week. What was originally planned for today has been pushed back to August 8th (Ryzen 9600X/9700X) and August 14th (Ryzen 9900X/9950X). However, there is some news today regarding pricing. At this moment, these prices are unofficial, but they have been presented by large US retailers, which is good enough to be considered as such:
AMD Ryzen 9000 Pricing vs. Ryzen 7000 at launch
- Ryzen 9 9950X : $599 -$100
- Ryzen 9 9900X : $449 -$100
- Ryzen 7 9700X : $359 -$40
- Ryzen 5 9600X : $279 -$20
As mentioned, these prices were not confirmed by AMD yet, but they were seemingly listed by Best Buy and Newegg, two of the largest US retailers for AMD processors. One thing to note is that Newegg has 9950X listed at $649, that’s according to a leak from @momomo_us.
AMD is avoiding past mistakes by not pricing their SKUs too high, only to cut prices soon after. The flagship 16-core version costs $599, making it $100 cheaper than the 7950X at launch. The 12-core 9900X sees a similar price cut.
Prices in the mid-range segment are less impressive, with the 8-core 9700X at $359, just $40 cheaper than the 7700X at launch, and the 9600X only $20 lower than its predecessor.
| AMD Ryzen (AM5) Desktop Series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | CPU Cores | Max Clock | TDP | MSRP |
AMD Ryzen 9000 - ZEN5 - Granite Ridge | ||||
| Ryzen 9 9950X | 16x Zen5 | 5.7 GHz | 170W | $599 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | 12x Zen5 | 5.6 GHz | 120W | $449 |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | 8x Zen5 | 5.5 GHz | 65W | $359 |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | 6x Zen5 | 5.4 GHz | 65W | $279 |
AMD Ryzen 7000 - ZEN4 - Raphael | ||||
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 16x Zen4 | 5.7 GHz | 120W | $699 |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | 16x Zen4 | 5.7 GHz | 170W | $699 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 12x Zen4 | 5.6 GHz | 120W | $599 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | 12x Zen4 | 5.6 GHz | 170W | $549 |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 8x Zen4 | 5.0 GHz | 120W | $449 |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | 8x Zen4 | 5.4 GHz | 105W | $399 |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | 6x Zen4 | 5.3 GHz | 105W | $299 |
Source: Newegg, BestBuy via @momomo_us