Though AMD’s new Ryzen 9000 CPUs aren’t scheduled to be launched till the top of July, one in all them has already simply appeared on the market on Amazon, probably giving us a sign of pricing. The brand new six-core AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is listed on the market on the Canadian model of the positioning for a value of $475.51 CA, which works out at round $347 in the event you do a straight forex conversion.
This new CPU’s predecessor, the Ryzen 5 7600X, at present has a spot on our information to the most effective gaming CPU, however solely as a result of it’s had a drop in value. When it first launched, it value $299, which is some huge cash for a six-core processor. This AMD chip now goes for simply $184.99, that means the 9600X on the Amazon Canada value represents an 87.6% value enhance, and we doubt it’s going to be anyplace close to 87.6% quicker.
The itemizing was noticed by eagle-eyed tech leaker momomo_us, who shared the hyperlink in a put up on X (previously Twitter), and it was nonetheless up on Amazon on the time of writing, as proven within the screenshot beneath. The itemizing exhibits the proper Ryzen 9000 launch date as effectively, with a hyperlink for patrons to pre-order the CPU.
The worth of products in Canada typically isn’t the identical as within the US, although, even in the event you convert the forex. The 2 international locations have completely different gross sales taxes, and PC fanatics in Canada (and the UK) typically find yourself paying an even bigger markup for {hardware} than folks within the US.
We’d be stunned if the Ryzen 5 9600X value ended up being $347 at launch, however $299 isn’t out of the query, particularly given the unique launch value of this CPU’s predecessor. That may elevate some questions on AMD’s pricing technique, although. Even AMD is saying that its first Zen 5 CPUs received’t out-perform its present X3D CPUs, such because the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, in video games, and you’ll at present get a 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X3D for simply $327.98.
Pricing the brand new Ryzen 5 9600X on the $300 mark could be a mistake for AMD, even at launch. It’s anticipated to be faster than the 7600X, however not by an enormous quantity, and that must be mirrored in pricing. Actually, who’s going to pay $300 (or extra) for a six-core CPU in 2024? As a degree of comparability, the Ryzen 5 7600X at present goes for $274.99 on Amazon Canada, that means the 9600X would value $200 extra at this value.
Let’s hope that is only a mistake in an early itemizing, and that the Ryzen 5 9600X may have a way more aggressive value when it launches on the finish of July. Within the meantime, try our information to AMD Zen 5 to learn up on every thing know concerning the new CPUs proper now.
