A German retailer reports the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has outsold the entire non-X3D 9000 line
Ryzen's X3D chips appear to be outselling all of its other chips, and Intel's latest aren't even coming close, if sales figures shared by a German retailer are accurate.
As reported by Videocardz, the new Ryzen 7 9800X3D is reportedly selling quite well. German retailer Mindfactory reports its sales figures alongside all listings of CPUs, which means you can see how many have been previously sold while you check out each CPU.
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D, the previous best CPU for gaming, and the chip that drives my own rig, for example, shows as having sold 78,470 units to date on its listing. This is expected from such a well-regarded chip but the most interesting sales figures are in the recent competing Ryzen chips.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which is currently the best CPU for gaming has racked up 9,160 sales in just over a month, whereas the Ryzen 5 9600X, Ryzen 9 9900X, and Ryzen 9 9950X, all of which launched in August, are below 1,000 sales each. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D, which also launched in August has 8,570 sales. The 7600X3D infamously had a bit of a staggered launch, due to originally only being available at a single seller in the US.
We thought all three of the named non-3D chips were pretty solid in our testing, and the Ryzen 9 9950X is our choice for best high-end CPU but it's just not great value for money at around $700, which could account for those lacklustre sales. This follows on from a report in August, claiming the 9600X and 9700X weren't selling very well.
Of course, it's important to note that these are just the sales figures from a single retailer in a single country and that there's a little bit of wiggle room with those figures due to changing sales and multiple listings of some chips. They don't necessarily indicate broader sales figures but can give a rough idea of how the chips are seen in the market.
It's important to note that the non-X3D chips launched in the same month and mostly give marginal returns for the extra cost investment. They are
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