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AMD board partners reportedly notified of $20/$40 price increase for Radeon 8GB and 16GB respectively
AMD’s next round of Radeon GPU price hikes is starting to take shape, with a new report from Chinese Board Channels claiming that board partners have already been told to prepare for higher costs. According to the post, several AMD graphics card brands have notified their channels that the “first wave” of increases will add around $20 to 8 GB models and $40 to 16 GB models, with retail prices in China expected to climb by roughly 300 RMB and 600 RMB respectively by the end of the year. The poster also claims there will be “no new products” launched through 2027, though that part is impossible to verify at this stage.
AMD has officially announced a price increase for its graphics cards, with a significant increase expected this year.
It is reported that several AMD graphics card brands have officially notified their channels to prepare inventory. The first wave of price increases will be $20 for 8GB and $40 for 16GB, with an estimated overall increase of around 300 RMB for 8GB and 600 RMB for 16GB by the end of the year. No new products will be launched throughout 2027.
— Board Channels (translation)
The report does not specify which SKUs are affected. It could apply only to current RDNA 4 cards, or it could extend to older Radeon series as inventory is replenished under new contracts. That uncertainty matches earlier coverage from UDN, which said AMD had notified partners of a second price increase “across its entire product line” with at least a 10% uplift.
The continuous rise in memory prices has led to a sharp increase in graphics card costs. Industry sources indicate that AMD, the second-largest graphics card manufacturer, has notified its partners of a second price increase across its entire product line. The increase is estimated to be at least 10%.
— UDN (translation)
All of this sits on top of a wider memory and storage cost spike. DRAM and GDDR pricing has surged on the back of AI demand, with some system builders now talking about several-hundred-percent jumps for certain RAM modules and SSD prices also moving up sharply. Since AMD typically ships GPUs to board partners bundled with memory, those component increases flow straight into board costs and then to retail pricing.
Earlier today, separate reports indicated that AMD is also preparing CPU price increases affecting Ryzen 9000 and older desktop parts, based on information attributed to OC3D, but there is no equally clear memory-cost link on the CPU side. For Radeon, though, the pattern now looks consistent: UDN’s “at least 10%” guidance and the new Chinese channel numbers both point to higher GPU prices as fresh batches arrive in 2026.
Source: Board Channels via @harukaze5719
