Chinese Shopkeeper Shows AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop CPU Prices, Lower Than Ryzen 7000 Series

A Chinese shopkeeper based in Bejing has a really weird yet funny way of showing off AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop CPU prices which appear to be lower than the Ryzen 7000 MSRP’s for China.

AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop CPUs Prices For China Appear To Be Much Lower Than Ryzen 7000 MSRPs

80IT, a computer hardware store based in Bejing China, and affiliated with Taobao, has put up what seems to be their expected prices for China. The shop owner also showed off Ryzen 9000 Desktop CPU boxes which suggests that they might be the ones to receive the early batch of Zen 5 chips but we know now that they have been recalled due to quality assurance issues. (The live stream is still going on and do check it out if you want a chuckle).

So what makes this price exposure weird is that the shopkeeper has casually put up a board that shows the initial prices in USD and Chinese RMB currencies. Previously, the same shopkeeper also showed off boxes of the chip behind the board which listed estimated prices but they have since put up what they believe are “initial” prices for the Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop CPUs.

According to the retailer, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core CPU would cost $499 US (3631 RMB), the Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core CPU would cost $399 US (2904 RMB), the Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core would cost $299 US (2176 RMB) while the Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core CPU would cost $229 US (1666 RMB). Previous “estimated” listing had the prices at 5099 RMB, 3799 RMB, 3099 RMB, and 2399 RMB for respective Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” CPUs.

Following are the official launch MSRPs of AMD’s existing Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” Desktop CPUs that can be used for comparison:

• Ryzen 9 7950X – 5499 RMB
• Ryzen 9 7900X – 4299 RMB
• Ryzen 7 7700X – 2999 RMB
• Ryzen 5 7600X – 2249 RMB

Now it is entirely possible that the shopkeeper may have seen the recent pricing rumors and based the pricing off of those but it’s still interesting nonetheless since it’s coming from a shopkeeper that has the AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop CPUs with them.

In addition to the prices, the shopkeeper also shares some of his personal performance metrics & compares the Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X against Intel’s 14th Gen offerings. He states that the Ryzen 9 9950X offers lower power consumption, lower temperatures, and higher multi-threading performance versus the 14900K with an average 20% performance increase in a wide variety of applications. Without PBO, the gaming performance is said to be 15% ahead of the 14900K.

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For the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, the CPU offers an average 70W power consumption in gaming and runs at around 60-65C using a standard 6-heatpipe air cooler. With PBO, the Ryzen 7 9700X can beat the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and its single-core performance is also higher versus the Intel Core i7-14700K. Lastly, the Ryzen 5 9600X is said to lead over the Core i5-14600K by 10-20% in games and can even outperform the Ryzen 9 9950X in certain titles.

The AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop CPUs will now be launching in August. The Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X will be hitting retail shelves on the 8th of August while the Ryzen 9 9950X & the Ryzen 9 9900X will be hitting retail shelves on the 15th of August. Expect a proper pricing update close to the launch.

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