$499, 9900X for $399, 9700X for $299 and 9600X for $229

AMD is just days away from launching its next-generation Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” CPUs. Pricing for the Zen 5 processor family has already leaked, with the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X costing $499.

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The new pricing information regarding the new Ryzen 9000 series CPUs comes from AnandTech forum member “Hail the Brain Slug”, who knows someone who works at BestBuy. The alleged BestBuy employee leaked that the Ryzen 9000 series CPUs are currently in stock and ready for the big retail launch on July 31st.

The BestBuy employee said that there are plenty of Ryzen 9 990X and Ryzen 7 9700X processors, while there reportedly aren’t many (at least according to this particular BestBuy employee) of the Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 5 9600X processors. Here’s the price breakdown of the Ryzen 9000-series CPUs:

• Ryzen9 9950X (16 cores, 32 threads up to 5.7 GHz) with 80 MB cache, 170 W TDP: €499
• Ryzen9 9900X (12 cores, 24 threads up to 5.6 GHz) with 76 MB cache, 120 W TDP: €399
• Ryzen7 9700X (8 cores, 16 threads up to 5.5 GHz) with 40 MB cache, 65 W TDP: €299
• Ryzen5 9600X (6 cores, 12 threads up to 5.4 GHz) with 38 MB cache, 65 W TDP: $229

AMD’s new flagship Zen 5-based Ryzen 9 9950X processor, with its 16 cores and 32 threads boosting up to 5.7GHz for just $499, will be a monster buy for PC gamers. Intel’s flagship Core i9-14900K and Core i9-14900KS processors are both more expensive, power-hungry, run significantly hotter (and require high-end cooling), and currently suffer from instability issues.

The new Ryzen 9 9700X processor will be the big fighter against the Core i7-14700K processor, priced at $399, and will also eat up the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which is the best gaming CPU on the market, with a power consumption of just 65W. However, that is until the new Ryzen 9000X3D processors launch later this year.