AMD has finally announced the launch price of its new series of Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs, which are priced slightly lower than the launch price of Ryzen 7000. The 16-core flagship Ryzen 9 9950X is priced at $649, which is $50 cheaper than the $699 Ryzen 9 7950X launched nearly two years ago. The rest of the series is priced $20 to $50 less than equivalent Ryzen 7000 CPUs.
After delaying the launch of Ryzen 9000 CPUs “out of an abundance of caution,” the Ryzen 7 9700X ($359) and Ryzen 5 9600X ($279) will both be released on August 8, followed by the Ryzen 9 9950X ($649) and Ryzen 9 The 9900X ($499) will be available on August 15th.
AMD promises an approximately 16% increase in instructions per cycle (IPC) performance compared to the previous generation of Ryzen CPUs, and is expected to achieve significant performance improvements in productivity tasks and games.
AMD also launched new X870 and X870E motherboards Chipsets for these new Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, but these motherboards won’t be available at launch. Fortunately, these new Ryzen 9000 CPUs will run on any existing AM5 motherboard, and AMD has committed to supporting the socket until at least 2027.
AMD’s new CPUs arrive as archrival Intel grapples with crash and stability issues with its 13th and 14th generation desktop CPUs. Intel has discovered the root cause of the problem and plans to release a microcode fix in the coming weeks, but existing CPUs that have been damaged by excessive voltage will need to be replaced.
