AMD’s Ryzen 9 9900X CPU Drops Below MSRP In Europe, Down 8% Less Than A Week After Launch

AMD's Ryzen 9 9900X CPU has witnessed a price drop just a week after its launch from European retailers, now selling under its official MSRP.

It won't be wrong to say that AMD's newest Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" CPUs have witnessed a slowed-down sales traction, particularly when you stack it up generationally against the likes of Ryzen 7000 chips which continue to sell much better with the likes of the 7800X3D being the best selling CPU across all major retailers.

Sale figures are completely bottomed for the new AMD Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, especially in Europe, which is why retailers across the continent have started to implement a strategic price reduction move in an attempt to garner interest and provide consumers with a price tag that would make the new Zen 5 CPUs justified to buy.

Several German resellers, along with Austrian outlets, have reduced the price of AMD's Ryzen 9 9900X down to €499, implementing up to 8% discounts from the official MSRP. Overall, discounts have been widespread across European marketplaces, with the average price figure revolving around €499-€549. Germany's largest retailer Mindfactory was responsible for listing AMD's Ryzen 9 9900X as the cheapest in the region for now, with other outlets following the price cut trend as well.

And it's not just the Ryzen 9 9900X, other CPUs within the lineup are also seeing prices falling below MSRP at EU retailers with the Ryzen 7 9700X down by -5.3%, Ryzen 9 9950X down by -1.5% and the Ryzen 5 9600X down by -3.3%.

So, the reason behind such a rapid drop in pricing is simple. AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs have failed to impress reviewers globally, and a review of the high-end CPUs done by our editor Hassan claims that the processors bring in good uplifts, but they aren't justified in terms of value when looking at the fact that we did transition to a completely new generation.

Data compiled by TechEpiphany shows that Zen 5 sales are at the lowest when it comes to demand for next-gen products, which shows that overall, the CPU market is indeed bottomed out.

???? CPU Retail Sales Week 33 (mf)Lowest demand for new Gen (Zen 5) in years

ℹ️ UnitsAMD: 2120 units sold, 87.97%, ASP: 276Intel: 290, 12.03%, ASP: 285

ℹ️ RevenueAMD: 584911, 87.63%Intel: 82552, 12.37%

ℹ️ By SocketAM5: 1480AM4: 6401700: 2801200: 10

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— TechEpiphany (@TechEpiphanyYT) August 18, 2024

We might see such rapid price drops translate into other regions, especially the US markets since we haven't seen such discounts in effect for now. We have seen some bundled deals on the Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X by Microcenter. Given that older-gen options, such as AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D SKUs, are in a better position right now, we do believe that the low demand will continue to persist unless Team Red implements an MSRP revision, which is highly unlikely, or until the new Ryzen 9000X3D SKUs drop by.

News Source: Videocardz