The Ryzen 9000, online stores reveal prices

While waiting for their marketing scheduled for next July, the Ryzen 9000 series appear on the first online stores. Prices suggest a positioning around $600 for the showcase, the Ryzen 9 9950X.

Computex 2024 was the opportunity for AMD to unveil its next generation of Ryzen AM5, the Ryzen 9000 series. These processors use the Zen 5 architecture and will be accompanied by new motherboards with X870E/X870 chipsets. They will also be usable with current AM5 platforms. In terms of performance, an IPC gain of around 16% is expected. During the presentations, AMD unveiled four Zen 5 references with the Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X and the Ryzen 5 9600X. In all cases, we find the same number of physical cores as their predecessors with configurations of 16, 12, 8 and 6 cores.

Ryzen 9000 series, prices

These chips are starting to appear in different online store databases, allowing you to get a first idea of ​​prices. Overall and smoothing out the differences between stores, at the time of writing this article we have these prices:

• Ryzen 9 9950X: $640
• Ryzen 9 9900X: $595
• Ryzen 7 9700X: $410
• Ryzen 5 9600X: $315

AMD has confirmed that these Ryzen 9000 series will arrive in stores during the month of July, but some of the retailers claim that it will only be pre-orders from July 31. Finally, if a significant increase in performance is planned, AMD has declared that its Ryzen 7000X3D will remain untouchable in gaming. You will have to wait until the Ryzen 9000X3D.