AMD's new desktop platform with Ryzen 7000 (test) and AM5 mainboards has a hard time against Intel's fast Raptor Lake CPUs, which also work with cheaper mainboards with DDR4. Apparently people are now reacting and turning the price screw. All Ryzen 7000 are now significantly cheaper.
Ryzen 9 7950X over 100 euros cheaper
A reader pointed out the current prices to the editors. Above all, the Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 Zen 4 cores fell by around 110 euros within a week and currently only costs around 670 euros. The Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores went down by 40 euros to 550 euros. In comparison, the price drop is lowest for the Ryzen 7 7700X, which is now available for less than 410 euros. The Ryzen 5 7600X with 6 cores currently costs around 10 percent less than a week ago at just under 300 euros.
The table below provides an overview with links for price comparison.
Base/Turbo L3 TDP iGPU Price MSRP (Launch) Price (11/11) Price (11/11) AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Zen 4 16/32 4.5/5.7 GHz 64 MB 170 W ✓ 849 euros (699 USD) from 780 euros from 670 euros AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Zen 4 12/24 4.7/5.6 GHz 64 MB 170 W ✓ 669 euros (549 USD) from 590 euros from 550 euros AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Zen 4 8/16 4, 5/5.4 GHz 32 MB 105 W ✓ 479 euros (399 USD) from 429 euros from 410 euros AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Zen 4 6/12 4.7/5.3 GHz 32 MB 105 W ✓ 359 euros (299 USD ) from 330 euros from 300 euros
With the new prices, AMD's AM5 platform is becoming more attractive again, especially since the mainboards have now fallen slightly in price and there are at least a few models for less than 200 euros.
However, Intel's Core i-13000 (test) has become a bit cheaper in the past few days. The Core i9-13900K currently costs at least 730 euros, the Core i7-13700K costs 465 euros and the Core i5-13600K is available from 365 euros.
The The editors would like to thank the community member “SaschaHa” for pointing out this news.