AMD Ryzen 5000 processors are cheaper than ever

Several sources are reporting that the prices of AMD’s Ryzen 5000 processors have dropped sharply in Europe and America over the past month. This was a reason to dive into the product comparator, which yielded a positive result: in the Netherlands, too, the prices for the four original Vermeer models are lower than ever. There is one exception, on November 23, 2021 the 5800X went on sale for € 299.00.

Price trend of Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X.

The Ryzen 9 5950X is available for 549 euros, which is more than double when it was launched. A year ago, the price was still over 900 Euros. As with other models, there was a serious decrease around March 1, 2022. The 5900X, 5800X and 5600X are now on sale for 409, 360 and 235 euros respectively. Amazon.nl currently has the lowest prices and says it has all variants in stock.

Price trend of Ryzen 7 5800X and 5 5600X.

In addition to AMD’s upcoming next generation, competition from Intel’s Alder Lake could also be a reason for the price cuts.

General
Brand	AMD	AMD	AMD	AMD
Name of the product	Ryzen 5 5600X Boxed	Ryzen 7 5800X Boxed	Ryzen 9 5900X Boxed	Ryzen 9 5950X Boxed
Product code	100-100000065BOX	100-100000063WOF	100-100000061WOF	100-100000059WOF
Detail	Product information	Product information	Product information	Product information
Processor
processor series	Ryzen 5	Ryzen 7	Ryzen 9	Ryzen 9
CPU core	Vermeer	Vermeer	Vermeer	Vermeer
CPU socket	Socket AM4	Socket AM4	Socket AM4	Socket AM4
clock frequency	3.7GHz	3.8GHz	3.7GHz	3.4GHz
max. turbo clock frequency	4.6GHz	4.7GHz	4.8GHz	4.9GHz
Total number of cores	6 cores	8 cores	12 cores	16 cores
Number of topics	12	16	24	32
HyperThreading / SMT
thermal design power	65W	105W	105W	105W
Production process	7 knots	7 knots	7 knots	7 knots
Yield	boxed	boxed	boxed	boxed
Including cooler
memory controller
Integrated memory controller
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
Memory Speed	3200MHz	3200MHz	3200MHz	3200MHz
Video
Integrated GPU
instruction set
x86-64
Power consumption processors with TinkerForge
Power consumption idle – ATX 12V	9,419 W	9.562W	10.012W	9.103K
Idle Power Consumption – EPS 12V2	2,544W	2.81W	3,162 W	2.69W
Idle Power Consumption – EPS 12V1	3,162 W	3,488W	3,923 W	3,331 W
Power Consumption Idle – CPU – Median 5 min.	5.706W	6,298 W	7.085W	6.021W
Power Consumption Idle – CPU + Motherboard – Median 5 min.	15.125W	15.86W	17,097 W	15.124W
Power consumption Cinebench R20 – ATX 12V	12,996 W	13,392 W	15,964 W	14.648W
Power consumption Cinebench R20 – ATX 12V – Max	22,834 B	22,689 W	25,215 W	25.2W
Power consumption Cinebench R20 – EPS 12V1	39,885 W	77,228 W	77,016 W	75,879 W
Power consumption Cinebench R20 – EPS 12V1 – Max	50,546 W	85,013 W	111,148 W	112,022 W
Power consumption Cinebench R20 – EPS 12V2	32,105W	62,238 W	62.01 B	61.166 W
Power consumption Cinebench R20 – EPS 12V2 – Max	44,654 W	69,879 B	90,355 W	85,951W
Power Consumption Cinebench R20 – CPU – Median	71.99W	139,466 W	139,026 W	137,045 W
Power Consumption Cinebench R20 – CPU + Motherboard – Median	84,986 W	152.858 W	154.99W	151.693 B
Power Consumption Premiere Pro – ATX 12V	26,252 W	27,037 W	28,758 W	27,254 W
Power Consumption Premiere Pro – ATX 12V – Max	37,898 B	37,727 B	41.936 B	39,623 K
Power Consumption Premiere Pro – EPS 12V1	38.56 B	61,406 W	73,709 W	74,861 W
Power Consumption Premiere Pro – EPS 12V1 – Max	57,863 W	92.25W	112,347 W	120,688 W
Power Consumption Premiere Pro – EPS 12V2	31,038 W	49,474 B	59,396 W	60.295W
Power Consumption Premiere Pro – EPS 12V2 – Max	47.61 B	75.78 B	91,922 W	97,787W
Power Consumption Premiere Pro – CPU – Median	69,598 B	110.88W	133.105 W	135,156 W
Power Consumption Premiere Pro – CPU + Motherboard – Median	95.85W	137,917 B	161.863W	162.41W
Test Results 2020-2 (Win 10 2004) RTX 3080
Red Dead 2 – 1920×1080 – Medium – Vulkan	162.4fps	168.1 frames/second	169.6fps	172.8fps
Red Dead 2 – 1920×1080 – Medium – Vulkan (99p)	8.65ms	8.25ms	8.28ms	8.18ms
Red Dead 2 – 1920×1080 – Medium – Vulkan (99.9p)	9.4ms	8.79ms	9.03ms	9.17ms
Red Dead 2 – 1920×1080 – Ultra – Vulkan	132.9fps	133.6 fps	132.1fps	132.7fps
Red Dead 2 – 1920×1080 – Ultra – Vulkan (99p)	9.79ms	9.89ms	10.03ms	10.07ms
Red Dead 2 – 1920×1080 – Ultra – Vulkan (99.9p)	10.69ms	10.41ms	10.54ms	11.27ms
Red Dead 2 – 3840×2160 – Medium – Vulkan	85.2fps	86.7fps	86.1fps	85.3fps
Red Dead 2 – 3840×2160 – Medium – Vulkan (99p)	14.73ms	14.77ms	14.93ms	14.95ms
Red Dead 2 – 3840×2160 – Medium – Vulkan (99.9p)	16.69ms	15.91ms	16.05 ms	16.14ms
Red Dead 2 – 3840×2160 – Ultra – Vulkan	72.4fps	71.8fps	71.5fps	70.8fps
Red Dead 2 – 3840×2160 – Ultra – Vulkan (99p)	16.98ms	17.15ms	17.79ms	17.12ms
Red Dead 2 – 3840×2160 – Ultra – Vulkan (99.9p)	18.76ms	19.12ms	22.84ms	22.26ms
Metro Exodus – 1920×1080 – Medium	181.7fps	193.5fps	187.4fps	185.1fps
Metro Exodus – 1920×1080 – Medium (99p)	11.93ms	11.05ms	10.64ms	10.6ms
Metro Exodus – 1920×1080 – Medium (99.9p)	14.57ms	13.96ms	13.65ms	12.81ms
Subway Exit – 1920×1080 – Ultra	125.4fps	126fps	125.1fps	124.7fps
Metro Exodus – 1920×1080 – Ultra (99p)	16.53ms	16.53ms	16.67ms	16.72ms
Metro Exodus – 1920×1080 – Ultra (99.9p)	19.79ms	19.79ms	19.68ms	19.69ms
Metro Exodus – 3840×2160 – Medium	97.4fps	96.6fps	95.3fps	95.4fps
Metro Exodus – 3840×2160 – Medium (99p)	18.48ms	18.02ms	18.38ms	18.38ms
Metro Exodus – 3840×2160 – Medium (99.9p)	23.76ms	20.18 ms	21.86ms	20.54ms
Metro Exodus – 3840×2160 – Ultra	66.8fps	66.6fps	66.7fps	66.3fps
Metro Exodus – 3840×2160 – Ultra (99p)	24.27ms	23.2 ms	23.04 ms	23.75ms
Metro Exodus – 3840×2160 – Ultra (99.9p)	26.09ms	26.58ms	25.09ms	26.76ms
Total War: Troy – 1920×1080 – Medium	364.1fps	396.4fps	408.5fps	407fps
Total War: Troy – 1920×1080 – Medium (99p)	4.22ms	3.42ms	3.14ms	3.09ms
Total War: Troy – 1920×1080 – Medium (99.9p)	5.77ms	4.78ms	3.74ms	3.65ms
Total War: Troy – 1920×1080 – Ultra	136.2fps	140.3fps	148.2fps	145.5fps
Total War: Troy – 1920×1080 – Ultra (99p)	12.53ms	11.89ms	9.35ms	9.49ms
Total War: Troy – 1920×1080 – Ultra (99.9p)	14.99ms	14.14ms	12.66ms	12.68ms
F1 2020 – 1920×1080 – Medium	310.3fps	341.6 fps	318.8fps	329.7fps
F1 2020 – 1920×1080 – Medium (99p)	5.1ms	5 ms	4.9ms	4.9ms
F1 2020 – 1920×1080 – Medium (99.9p)	6.1ms	5.9ms	5.7ms	5.8ms
F1 2020 – 1920×1080 – Ultra	216.4fps	227.4fps	227fps	224.8fps
F1 2020 – 1920×1080 – Ultra (99p)	7.1ms	7 ms	6.4ms	6.7ms
F1 2020 – 1920×1080 – Ultra (99.9p)	8.4ms	8.5ms	7.9ms	8.2ms
Far Cry: New Dawn – 1920×1080 – Medium	142.4fps	146.7fps	148.7fps	149.1fps
Far Cry: New Dawn – 1920×1080 – Medium (99p)	9.78ms	9.4ms	9.07ms	9.29ms
Far Cry: New Dawn – 1920×1080 – Medium (99.9p)	10.71ms	12.26ms	10.48ms	10.11ms
Far Cry: New Dawn – 1920×1080 – Ultra	126fps	126.7fps	129.8fps	131.9fps
Far Cry: New Dawn – 1920×1080 – Ultra (99p)	12.05ms	11.93ms	11.71ms	11.39ms
Far Cry: New Dawn – 1920×1080 – Ultra (99.9p)	13.37ms	14.39ms	12.58ms	12.68ms
Stream (x264 6Mbit + F1 2020 1080p ultra 60fps) – avg.	162.5fps	187.53fps	200.5fps	210.94fps
Test Results 2020-2 (Win 10 2004) Int. GPU or GTX 1650
Cinebench R15 – Single (@ 2.4GHz DDR4-2666)			132
Cinebench R20 – Single (@ 3.5GHz DDR4-3200C16)			454
Cinebench R20 – Single	597.73	625.14	637.61	640.38
Cinebench R20 – Multi	4222.28	6055.6	8362.6	10237.5
Blender 2.90.1 Pavilion CPU Creation	590 sec.	415 sec.	295 sec.	238 sec.
Corona Creation 1.3	118 sec.	85 sec.	58 seconds	48 sec.
Fusion 360 – Raspberry Pi 4 B Render 4K	309 sec.	219 seconds	161 sec.	127 sec.
Adobe Photoshop editing	127 sec.	101 sec.	85 sec.	77 sec.
Adobe Premiere Pro HWI TV 4K	600 seconds	525 sec.	523 sec.	493 sec.
Da Vinci Solution – 4K Video	423 sec.	303 sec.	260 sec.	253 sec.
StaxRip x264 r3018	215.08 frames/second	241.05fps	266.96fps	272.68fps
StaxRip x265 3.4.0.26	83.28fps	98.83fps	111.16fps	121.69fps
Flac 1.3.3 – 1 hour WAV to Flac	140 seconds	135 seconds	133 sec.	132 sec.
7-Zip 20.02 – Packaging 4GB	110 seconds	91 sec.	69 sec.	60 seconds
Chrome 86: Jetstream 2	197,026	205,094	193,476	198,067
AIDA64 (6.25.5490) – Zlib	676MB/s	936MB/s	1343MB/s	1691MB/s
AIDA64 (6.25.5490) – AES	59295MB/s	82169MB/s	117856MB/s	149558MB/s
AIDA64 (6.25.5490) – Hybrid	25029MB/s	33863MB/s	48587MB/s	65174 MB/s
AIDA64 (6.25.5490) – SHA3	1798MB/s	2518MB/s	3582MB/s	4485MB/s
AIDA64 (6.25.5490) – Julia	56597	81769	114019	141638
AIDA64 (6.25.5490) – Mandel	31228	44947	62096	76610
AIDA64 (6.25.5490) – FP32 Ray Tracing	11766 KRay/s	17407 KRay/s	23082 KRay/s	27953 KRay/s
AIDA64 (6.25.5490) – FP64 Ray Tracing	6383 KRay/s	9357 KRay/s	12313 KRay/s	14902 KRay/s
System consumption Cinebench 20	141W	211W	205W	210W
Temperature results (Dark Rock Pro 4 @ 12V)
max. temperature (15 min Cinebench 20)	57 °C	66.5 °C	67 °C	63.2 °C
Cover. clock rate (15 min. Cinebench 20)	4219MHz	4144MHz	4144MHz	3919.4MHz
max. packet power (HW info)	56W	124.6W	124W	110W

Sources: Notebookcheck, VideoCardz

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