AMD finally announced prices for Ryzen 9000 processors: not as cheap as expected

A little more than two months after the announcement of new processors based on the Zen 5 architecture, AMD announced official prices for them: the new items will cost customers between $279 and $649. This is more expensive than the prices announced by American retail chains, but still cheaper than the previous generation processors.

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Unfortunately, AMD’s official prices turned out to be slightly higher than those published last week by American retailers Best Buy and Newegg. The top of the line 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X will cost $649 instead of the expected $599; and the 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X will cost $499 instead of $449. And the more modest eight-core Ryzen 7 9700X and six-core Ryzen 5 9600X will cost $359 and $279, respectively—the same amount as predicted by American retail chains.

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The disappointment is slightly compensated by the fact that AMD Ryzen 9000 turned out to be cheaper than similar processors of the previous generation Ryzen 7000 cost at the start of sales: the two older models in the line fell in price by $50, and the younger ones by $40 and $20, respectively. The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X models will go on sale tomorrow, August 8, and the Ryzen 9 9900X and 9950X will arrive a week later on August 15. It is worth noting that at the start of sales there will not yet be new motherboard processors based on the AMD X870 chipset. However, the new products are fully compatible with current motherboards with Socket AM5.

Already today, AMD will lift the embargo on the first reviews of new processors – so far only the younger Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X will show themselves in action.