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At this point, we know quite a lot about AMD's upcoming Ryzen processors but one very important detail has remained missing for some time- pricing. How much are AMD's new CPUs actually going to cost? There has been a lot of talk about the top end Ryzen chip competing with the very expensive Intel Core i7 6900K but if Ryzen doesn't bring prices down then it could be a tough sell. Fortunately this week, what appears to be a UK and US pricing leak surfaced on the web, giving us an idea of what prices to expect from AMD's latest and greatest.
We often see retailers leak information ahead of time and from the looks of it, Bottom Line Telecommunications isn't too worried about breaking NDA on this one as the retailer has listed several Ryzen 7 CPUs. Right now, the store lists the Ryzen 7 1800X (3.6GHz base 4GHz turbo, 8C/16T, 95W TDP) for $490, meanwhile the Ryzen 7 1700X (3.4GHz base 3.8GHz turbo, 8C/16T, 95W TDP) is $381. Finally the shop lists the Ryzen 7 1700 at $316, this CPU comes with a 65W TDP, making it a more energy efficient version of the 8 Core chip with a lower clock speed.
Videocardz was able to get hold of a second retail leak, this time from within the UK. This store lists the R7 1800X at £365, the R7 1700X at £283 and the R7 1700 at £235. These prices don't include VAT though, so things could change by the time launch rolls around in a few weeks.
All processors in the Ryzen 7 lineup are supposed to feature 8 cores and 16 threads, though at varying clock speeds and TDPs. The 1800X sits at the top of the pile and this is what AMD hopes will knock down the £1000 Core i7 6900K. The other two will be taking on the likes of the 6700K.
KitGuru Says: Do keep in mind that these leaks could have been retailers just taking a stab in the dark with pricing. Still, if things were going to start leaking, now would be the time as the launch is coming in early March. What do you guys think of the pricing model in place here?
Still very expensive CPU’s though, most users will struggle to justify £200 for one, yet, if AMD can undercut Intel, it might just drive prices down across the whole market.
Those R7 CPUs are meant for enthusiastics and are hell a lot cheaper what intel offers right now. If those prices are real. I’m gonna buy one in very next day when they come to the shelves:)
I’m very curious about the overclocking potential of these bad boys under water. I’m probably far fetching a bit now, but getting that Ryzen 7 1700, 65w tdp up to 4.4ghz+ would make it a very nice alternative to the 7700k.
If AMD’s demonstration at CES showing IPC parity with Broadwell-E is a genuine indicator of performance, you’d need to hit about 4.8GHz to achieve the same single-threaded performance as a 7700K at full stock boost. Of course, Intel’s K products can overclock as well, and if they sort out the production issues I don’t think high end OC’ers chasing the tippy-top end would prefer Ryzen. However, *all* the Ryzen SKUs are multiplier unlocked – if AMD get their pricing right, all Intel’s non-K products would suddenly become an awful lot less attractive to anyone on a budget willing to experiment with overclocking. Why buy an i3-K when you can get Ryzen’s bottom end i5 competitor, an overclockable 4C/8T, for the same/slightly more money?
Intel are selling their top-end i3 7350K for about £180. Think what AMD will be offering in that price point in terms of cores and threads, possibly a low-end 4-core 8-thread – considering their selling everything with the multiplier unlocked for overclocking, why would you ever buy that i3K if that turns out to be the case?
I think it’s that market segment that Ryzen may make the most difference by giving entry to mid-level gamers more powerful options over the i3 and entry i5 CPUs.
Say high-end user, no one has to be wealthy to be an enthusiast. The only stipulation is to be interested in something everyone else takes for granted. We’re all enthusiasts, but we aren’t all getting the best.
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I haven’t changed my CPU for almost 5 years (3570k), I don’t think spending the £350 on the CPU/MOBO/RAM in that time is that much considering it’s under £85 a year for that whole time, I could continue to do so but will upgrade to this if the pricing is right and either sell or give this away (brother needs converting).
Ryzen looks to be £500 for the top line add in say a £150 motherboard, for 8c/16t that is cheap asf, if it has broadwell IPC then this will probably last you 10 years, if you want to push it that far.
I know some don’t have money if that is the case then you probably want to go to the 6c/12t verison which will be cheaper then get the cheaper chipset, I still call that high end, hell I’d call 4c/8t fairly high end considering that isn’t even mainstream, not many people have i7’s.
If AMD does this it will start a price war and they will go out of business… Sure, everyone wants a “cheap” chip but a chip that competes with one that sells for $1000 can’t be defined as “cheap…”
I don’t know where these leaks are coming from but everything AMD has said is tat the 8 core chips will ALL be above $500…
So that way they aren’t selling mainstream quads that compete with 7700 for $100… They should all slot in as to NOT START A PRICE WAR…
take on the 6700k my sorry but the 7700k is out you better beat that and intel said by the 2h 2017 next cpu will be 15% above the 7700k unless you are way ahead forget it you will be outdated out of the box
Erm the 7700k is just an overclocked 6700k, the next mainstream i7 better have at least 6c/12t because even if it has 15% higher IPC it’ll still lag behind in things that count like handbreak/vegas/photoshop.