After the announcement of the Ryzen 9 being on sale for about a month, Digital Trends reported that the Ryzen 9000 sales were abysmal. A case in point is a store in Australia that disclosed the lowest sales figures since they started selling AMD products, with sales struggling to reach even a single comma figure.
Similarly, in the United States and Germany, the situation is not much different. It is expected that the issue stems from the efficiency of Zen 5 itself. Despite claims on paper stating an improvement of 16% in instructions per cycle (IPC) and a decrease in power consumption by an average of 30%, consumers do not perceive a significant difference in price-to-performance ratio when compared to Zen 4 in Ryzen 7000. This has led to an increased demand for Ryzen 7 7800X3D, resulting in a price hike from $340 at the beginning of the year to $500.
On the other hand, when compared to Intel, which is also facing its own challenges, Ryzen is still unable to compete effectively. Not only does Intel fall short in general usage efficiency, but it also lags behind in gaming performance.
TLDR: The sales of Ryzen 9000 processors have been disappointing due to consumer perception of lacking improvements in performance compared to previous generations, leading to increased prices and Intel still maintaining a competitive advantage in gaming performance.
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