From Tom's Hardware: AMD's Ryzen 9000 (codenamed Granite Ridge) series, among the best CPUs, has dropped to its lowest-ever prices at Micro Center—listed for up to 28% lower than their launch prices, which should increase AM5 adoption rates.
The market initially ignored Zen 5 at launch owing to lackluster gains in performance value and the lack of an incentive for existing AM5 owners. However, retailers seem to be pulling out all the stops to encourage new PC builders to choose Zen 5 over Intel's Core Ultra 200S (codenamed Arrow Lake) CPUs.
One of the largest retailers in the U.S., Micro Center has the entire Granite Ridge family offering juicy price cuts following AMD's early holiday promotions. The Zen 5 flagship Ryzen 9 9950X is now available for $569 - $80 cheaper than MSRP. Following is the Ryzen 9 9900X, which sees a large 28% drop in price, now available for just $359. That does leave a large $210 delta between AMD's 12-core and 16-core offerings, making ample room for Intel's Core Ultra 7 265K to shine.
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