AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs see major price cuts following Intel Arrow Lake launch

What conscionable happened? AMD launched nan Ryzen 9000 bid "Granite Range" CPUs successful precocious August, but caller developments propose that they whitethorn not beryllium trading arsenic good arsenic nan institution mightiness person expected. Team Red precocious announced sweeping value cuts for nan full Ryzen 9000 lineup arsenic portion of an "Early Holiday Promotion," pinch nan markdown ranging betwixt $30 and $50.

The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X received a $50 value cut, which saw it knocked down to $599 from its original $649 MSRP. The CPU is presently retailing astatine that value connected some Amazon and Newegg. Pricing successful nan UK besides dropped by £50 and is presently disposable for £560 connected Overclockers.co.uk.

The 3 different SKUs successful nan lineup officially only received a $30 value cut. The Ryzen 9 9900X dropped from $499 to $469, but it's priced moreover little connected Amazon and Newegg. When past checked, it was listed astatine $382.55 connected some websites, meaning it is retailing astatine a monolithic $117 discount complete its motorboat price. In nan UK, it was primitively priced astatine £460 but is presently trading for conscionable nether £400 connected Overclockers.

Next up is nan Ryzen 7 9700X, which costs $359 astatine motorboat and is now officially priced astatine $329 aft nan $30 discount. It is presently going for conscionable complete $320 connected some Amazon and Newegg. In nan UK, it tin beryllium purchased for £309 from Overclockers, down £31 from nan £340 motorboat price.

Finally, there's nan Ryzen 5 9600X. It was launched astatine $279.99 but is now listed astatine $248.99 connected some Amazon and Newegg aft nan $30 value cut. In nan UK, it was launched astatine £270 but Currys is now trading it for £229 pursuing a £40 value cut.

As Amazon is trading nan caller prices arsenic a vacation promotion, they whitethorn not beryllium permanent. However, nan value cuts were announced to antagonistic Intel's caller Core Ultra 200 "Arrow Lake-S" desktop processors, truthful it is improbable that AMD will revert to nan motorboat prices immoderate clip soon. AMD is besides group to merchandise its Ryzen 9000 3D V-Cache processors this week, truthful buyers looking to people a high-performance CPU this vacation play whitethorn person plentifulness of choice.