Brand-new Ryzen 9000 processors are about 10% cheaper than their Ryzen 7000 counterparts
AMD's next generation of desktop CPUs launch from tomorrow, and they'll feature lower prices than the last series.
However, that's where the improvements mostly stop. The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X and second-best Ryzen 9 9900X both have the same core count, cache amount, and frequencies as their predecessors. Similarly, the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X only received a 100 MHz increase to their boost clocks, and are otherwise identical to the models they replace.
It's the second generation in a row where AMD has reduced prices for its 16-, 12-, 8-, and 6-core models, as the outgoing Ryzen 7000 series cut prices compared to 2020's Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 series, which itself represented a price hike when it launched in 2020. Compared to the 2020 lineup, each microprocessor is about a hundred bucks cheaper, give or take a few tens.
But after Intel launched Alder Lake-based 12th Gen models in late 2021, AMD responded with a flurry of entry-level alternatives in the Ryzen 5000 series, and retailers discounted existing models by substantial amounts. A year later, Ryzen 7000 released with lower prices compared to Ryzen 5000 – though Intel's 13th Gen Raptor Lake ended up undercutting AMD and, it turns out, undercutting
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