AMD is facing low demand for its latest Ryzen 7000 processors in Europe. Such conclusions can be drawn on the basis of recent statistics from a large German retailer Mindfactory. Daily sales of Zen 4 processors are significantly lower than the previous generation Ryzen 5000 models.
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Mindfactory is one of the few large retailers that provides up-to-date sales statistics for certain computer components in Europe. According to the German retailer, even the smallest model in AMD’s new processor series, the six-core Ryzen 5 7600X, sells four times worse than its predecessor, the Ryzen 5 5600X. If 91 copies of the latter are sold every day, then the sales of the new model are only about 22 pieces, which is 4.2 times less. The previous generation model is offered for € 172. New generation processor €248.
The least popular Ryzen 7000 series processor was the 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X. Its daily sales are around 14 units. By comparison, the previous generation Ryzen 9 5900X sells 42 units per day, which is three times as many.
Difference in daily and cumulative sales volume of Ryzen 7000 and Ryzen 5000 processors. Image source: VideoCardz
Notably, cumulative sales of the eight-core Ryzen 7 5700X (released in April of this year), the least popular of the Ryzen 5000 processor series, nearly match the cumulative sales of the entire new Ryzen 7000 chip series.
To stimulate buyer interest in AMD’s new processor series, retailers continue to slash prices or offer significant discounts. For example, Mindfactory itself is currently offering the flagship 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X for €599, which is about €240 less than its original September price.
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The low demand for Ryzen 7000 processors can be explained by the high cost of new motherboards for them, as well as DDR5 memory modules – new AMD chips only support this.
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