AMD announces release date and price of next-generation desktop CPU 'Ryzen 9000' series, 2900 yen to 7300 yen cheaper than previous models



AMD announced the pricing of its desktop processor series 'Ryzen 9000' on August 7, 2024. The flagship model ' Ryzen 9 9950X ' will be available for $649 (approximately 95,000 yen) from August 15, 2024.

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AMD announced details of its desktop processor series 'Ryzen 9000' in July 2024, and on the same day also released the specifications of four models: 'Ryzen 9 9950X', 'Ryzen 9 9900X', 'Ryzen 7 9700X', and 'Ryzen 5 9600X'. The specifications of each model are as follows.

Cores/Threads

Base Frequency

Turbo Frequency

L2 Cache

L3 Cache

Memory Support

TDP

MSRP

Ryzen 9 9950X 16 cores/32 threads 4.3GHz 5.7GHz 16MB 64MB DDR5-5600 170W TBC
Ryzen 9 9900X 12 cores/24 threads 4.4GHz 5.6GHz 12MB 64MB DDR5-5600 120W TBC
Ryzen 7 9700X 8 cores/16 threads 3.8GHz 5.5GHz 8MB 32MB DDR5-5600 65W TBC
Ryzen 5 9600X 6 cores/12 threads 3.9GHz 5.4GHz 6MB 32MB DDR5-5600 65W TBC


The specifications of the Ryzen 9000 series and the Ze 5 architecture are summarized in detail in the following article.

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AMD then announced the pricing and release dates for the four models on August 7, 2024.




According to AMD, the lower-end models 'Ryzen 7 9700X' and 'Ryzen 5 9600X' will be released on August 8, 2024, with the price of Ryzen 7 9700X being $359 (about 52,000 yen) and Ryzen 5 9600X being $279 (about 40,000 yen). In addition, the higher-end models 'Ryzen 9 9950X' and 'Ryzen 9 9900X' will be released on August 15, 2024, with the price of 'Ryzen 9 9950X' being $649 (about 95,000 yen) and 'Ryzen 9 9900X' being $499 (about 73,000 yen).

The Ryzen 9000 series was originally scheduled to be released on July 31, 2024, but it was announced that the release would be postponed due to quality issues.

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The current Ryzen 9000 series has been reduced in price from the 'Ryzen 7000' series that was released in 2022. Below is a table comparing the prices of the same-position models of the Ryzen 9000 series and the Ryzen 7000 series.

Ryzen 9000 Series Suggested retail price Ryzen 7000 Series Suggested retail price Price Difference
Ryzen 9 9950X $649 Ryzen 9 7950X $699 (approx. 102,000 yen) -$50 (approx. 7,300 yen)
Ryzen 9 9900X $499 Ryzen 9 7900X $549 (approx. ¥80,000) -50 dollars
Ryzen 7 9700X $359 Ryzen 7 7700X $399 (approx. 58,000 yen) -$40 (about 5,800 yen)
Ryzen 5 9600X $279 Ryzen 5 7600X $299 (about 43,700 yen) -$20 (approx. 2,900 yen)


In addition, overseas media XDA conducted benchmarks of the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X. In the benchmark results using Geekbench 6 , the Ryzen 7 9700X achieved a single-core score of 3286 and a multi-core score of 16730, which was close to the previous generation's top model, the Ryzen 9 7900X. In addition, the Ryzen 5 9600X achieved a single-core score of 3325 and a multi-core score of 14974, which significantly exceeded the results of the previous generation Ryzen 5 7600X.



Below are the results of the measurement using the benchmark software 'Cinebench 2024'. The Ryzen 7 9700X's single-core score was 133 and its multi-core score was 1174. The Ryzen 5 9600X's single-core score was 133 and its multi-core score was 917.



AMD has not announced the release date or suggested retail price in Japan, but according to the computer shop Tsukumo, the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X will go on sale at 11:00 on Saturday, August 10, 2024.


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