AMD confirms Ryzen 9000 CPU series pricing: 9950X starts at $649

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In brief: It had been anticipated that AMD's new Zen 5 CPUs would arrive at lower prices than Zen 4 did at launch. While Team Red's official announcement confirmed the suspicions, the final Ryzen 9000 MSRPs didn't land exactly where tipsters had predicted. Time will tell if the small performance improvements are worth the extra cost compared to current Ryzen 7000 chips.

Launch-day MSRPs for AMD's first four Ryzen 9000 desktop processors are now public. The two mid-range CPUs begin shipping this week, while the high-end models will become available next week. Although the top two processors are a bit more expensive than some predicted, all Zen 5 chips are a little cheaper than their Zen 4 predecessors were at launch.

Team Red's flagship Ryzen 9 9950X, with 16 cores, 32 threads, a max boost clock of 5.7GHz, a 170W TDP, and 80 MB of cache, starts at $649. Its theoretical maximum boost is 5.58 GHz, but extreme overclocking can bring it past 6.5 GHz.

Next on down is the Ryzen 9 9900X, a 12-core, 24-thread, 5.6 GHz chip with a 120W TDP and 76 MB of cache launching at $499. With availability starting August 8, the two Ryzen 9 CPUs are $50 below corresponding Ryzen 7000 launches.

However, previous predictions were right on target regarding the mainstream parts. The Ryzen 7 9700X, with 8 cores, 16 threads, a 5.5 GHz max boost, a 65W TDP, and 40 MB of cache, is making its debut at $359.

Finally, the Ryzen 5 9600X is launching at $279. It features 6 cores, 12 threads, a 5.4 GHz max boost, a 65W TDP, and 38 MB of cache. It and the Ryzen 7 CPU begin shipping on August 15.

AMD said that Zen 5 can achieve a roughly 16 percent IPC performance improvement compared to Zen 4 and around a 14 percent general performance advantage over 14th-generation Intel chips. Independent reviews are now testing those claims.

Zen 5's strongest competitor in the short term will likely be Zen 4, as the Ryzen 7000 CPUs are currently available for significantly lower prices, likely until lingering stock clears. A 7950X can be had for $522, the 7900X now sits at around $358, the 7700X is available for $286, and customers can find a 7600X for under $200.

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AMD confirms Ryzen 9000 CPU series pricing: 9950X starts at $649

 
So we get a marginal performance bump mixed with a price cut and some better Integrated graphics performance. There was no way AMD could keep the hype train rolling and knocking it out of the park with winners for close to 8 years straight.

Franky, my main complaint about the 7000 series was the price. The 9000 series price cut will lower the price of 7000 series CPUs.

Screw it, I'll call this a win.
 
yRaz said:
So we get a marginal performance bump mixed with a price cut and some better Integrated graphics performance. There was no way AMD could keep the hype train rolling and knocking it out of the park with winners for close to 8 years straight.

Franky, my main complaint about the 7000 series was the price. The 9000 series price cut will lower the price of 7000 series CPUs.

Screw it, I'll call this a win.
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Reviews are all over the shop so far. Clearly, as is alwasy the case with AMD, the early bios and/or agesa are garbage. Tom's hardware paints an entirely different picture and as usual Steve at Hardware unboxed is the most scathing. The biggest problem is AMD's lower TDP is smashing all core clocks and ruining performance in most cases. Tom's results with PBO show huge gains unlike Steve's.

I'm definitely not panicking at this stage but it's pathetic that AMD allow this to happen over and over. But let me say if no one can get anywwhere near this much hyped 16% IPC gain (eventually), then they deserve all the contempt they can get and this smacks of another lame RDNA3 like update.
 
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Reviews are all over the shop so far. Clearly, as is alwasy the case with AMD, the early bios and/or agesa are garbage. Tom's hardware paints an entirely different picture and as usual Steve at Hardware unboxed is the most scathing. The biggest problem is AMD's lower TDP is smashing all core clocks and ruining performance in most cases. Tom's results with PBO show huge gains unlike Steve's.

I'm definitely not panicking at this stage but it's pathetic that AMD allow this to happen over and over. But let me say if no one can get anywwhere near this much hyped 16% IPC gain (eventually), then they deserve all the contempt they can get and this smacks of another lame RDNA3 like update.
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It's interesting you brought up TDP because it seems both AMD and Intel(more so intel) are going the nuclear reactor route. We get lower prices and lower TDP paired with *maybe* a performance boost. I'm gonna call that a win overall
 
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Just wait 5-6 months, the 5700x3d was launched at $250 but I just got one for $147. AMD always needed this time after a launch to get software in order.
 
yRaz said:
It's interesting you brought up TDP because it seems both AMD and Intel(more so intel) are going the nuclear reactor route. We get lower prices and lower TDP paired with *maybe* a performance boost. I'm gonna call that a win overall
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Then call it a 9700, not 9700X. It's almost though they are setting us up for a 9700XT down the track.
 
After the 9700X's disappointing launch, I'm hoping the 9950X will deliver us something exciting, especially at that price.
 
Its how good the 7000 should have been in the first place imho. This is not a great generational gap. Maybe the top chips will be amazing... but anything else is just meh. Lower price is good at least, it shows Nvidia that inflation doesnt 100% mean price increase for every new generation. Its like they got this set in stone. Eventually they will sell RTX 8060 for like 2000 dollars...
 
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Its how good the 7000 should have been in the first place imho. This is not a great generational gap. Maybe the top chips will be amazing... but anything else is just meh. Lower price is good at least, it shows Nvidia that inflation doesnt 100% mean price increase for every new generation. Its like they got this set in stone. Eventually they will sell RTX 8060 for like 2000 dollars...
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Not generational gap?

The Ryzen 7 9700X delivered 1.195x the performance of the Core i5 14600K competition or 1.15x the performance of the prior generation Ryzen 7 7700X.
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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X & Ryzen 7 9700X Offer Excellent Linux Performance Review - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com www.phoronix.com

That is based on few hundred benchmarks. Zen5 might seem to be bleak when using long time outdated software like Cinebench but that's user error.
 
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The lower power hampers performance for current 9700x and maybe to some extent for 9900X but helps create larger gaps between their cpus, and I, for one, I find the 65W parts, really at 90W PPT to be plenty powerful and hot enough for a small, quiet enclosure. They can release a 9800x or 9700XT at 90W/120W PPT. These days performance increase gen to gen does not really encourage upgrading each generation anyway. But yeah, first look is meh :)
 
Oversimplified on CCDs: Zen2=3.9B (billion transistors) at ~4ghz, Zen3=4.15B at ~4ghz, Zen4=6.5B at ~5ghz, Zen5=8.3B at ~5ghz.

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dangh said:
Those new cpus sees a huge linux performance increase:
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ryzen-9600x-9700x
meaning the Windows is still not yet updated to fully utilise the hardware. But it is a solid upgrade, and I will probably make the switch, still waiting for x3d version though.
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It's more about software, not Windows. For example Cinebench. It doesn't use AVX512 because according to them, clock speed is lowered so much it doesn't make sense. Looking at Phoronix benchmarks, it's Cinebench that doesn't make any sense.
 
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My prediction is the 9950x will be a monster - with all the doom and gloom about the reviews of 9700x AMD has gimped for low power desk top processing ie for productivity -Was never meant to compete with last years 3D for games . But if you want you can let it's power rev up for some big improvements

But that's where this bad boy comes in - that's the list price, it will come down - and for productivity it will be a monster and even for gaming it will do just fine

You want 1080p gaming 1440p gaming get a AMD 3D chip on special or wait for the new one

Hardware unboxed etc will have to review the chip it did the other day again in a months time. Intel packs super fast memory with it's review kits.

The 9700x is an efficiency wonder before OC

Could be wrong, but prices will come down and in 2 or 3 months the reviews will stabilise

Everyone knows buy the 3D CPU for gaming if that is your fetish

 
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