These processors just aren’t that impressive for workloads you’d generally expect to run on a consumer platform.
These are retailers that typically see thousands of CPU sales around launch, even for fairly underwhelming product lines.
We’re seeing similar sales figures from retailers in other regions, like Mindfactory (Germany).
The9600Xhas seen about 60 units sold, and the 9900X about 80 units.
Half the sales in a 4x the time is not good.
There is no doubting that Zen 5 has hugely underwhelmed.
Another dire situation for Zen 5 is seen in theAmazon best-selling CPUs list.
Zen 5 is hard to find in this list.
The most popular product right now is the Ryzen 9 9950X sitting in the 32nd spot.
The9700Xis in 37th place, the 9900X in 54th place, and the 9600X is in the 87th spot.
Two of these models are less popular than the seven-year-oldCore i7-7700K.
There’s a similar price trend atAmazon, looking at first-party pricing.
This price increase seems to be largely isolated to the 7800X3D.
Ryzen 7 7700X pricingtrend over the last year
Higher core count models have also seen steady decreases.
TheRyzen 9 7900Xwas typically a $380 CPU three to six months ago.
More recently, it’s fallen to$340, and hopefully, that price will be sustained.
What we’re yet to see is AMD being super aggressive one way or another to move CPUs.
And that’s the main problem the Ryzen 9000 lineup faces and will continue to face for months.
Zen 4 models are simply much more attractive, given how similar in performance the latest CPUs are.
Just keep discounting your existing parts over time and call it a day until a worthwhile improvement comes along.
Are Intel CPU stability issues affecting sales?
The other interesting thing to look at in the market right now is the price of Intel processors.
But that really hasn’t happened.
The13900Kis still around$450.
The14700Kis, we guess,slightly cheaperthan it was, but not to any substantial degree.
Maybe you’ll get a$20 cheaper14700KF.
So with sales dropping away, why haven’t these parts gotten cheaper?
Why are retailers comfortable letting them sit on shelves at unattractive prices?
It’s also easier to adjust pricing over time when unit sales are higher.
AM4 is still kicking along as well for those with existing motherboards.
We think if you’re interested in a Ryzen 7 7800X3D in particular, it makes sense to wait.
