AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core ‘Zen 4’ CPU Available At Its Lowest Price Yet of Just $549.99 US
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16 Core “Zen 4” Desktop CPU
The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X retains its healthy 16-core and 32-thread count from the previous two generations. The CPU will feature an impressive base frequency of 4.5 GHz and a boost clock of up to 5.7 GHz (5.85 GHz F-Max) which should make it 200 MHz faster than Intel’s Alder Lake Core i9-12900KS which has a boost frequency of 5.5 GHz on a single-core. As for the cache, the CPU comes with 80 MB of that which includes 64 MB from L3 (32 MB per CCD) and 16 MB from L2 (1 MB per core). The CPU has an official MSRP of $699.99 US and you can read our review here.
Ryzen 9 7950X - $699 US (Launch) - $549.99 US (24/11/22) - -21% Drop Ryzen 9 7900X - $549 US (Launch) - $473.99 US (24/11/22) - -14% Drop Ryzen 7 7700X - $399 US (Launch) - $348.99 US (24/11/22) - -13% Drop Ryzen 5 7600X - $299 US (Launch) - $248.99 US (24/11/22) - -17% Drop
Microcenter is also offering up to $100 US off on a brand new AMD X670 motherboard with the purchase of a Ryzen 7000 CPU or $100 US off & a free 32 GB DDR5 kit along with the purchase of the top Ryzen 9 and Ryzen 7 chips. Starting tomorrow, we will be looking at even more deals from various retailers not just on the AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs but other components from AMD and also its competitors. AMD will soon be expanding its Ryzen 7000 CPU lineup with X3D and Non-X parts in 2023 so these price cuts make sense.
