AMD’s 9800X3D pricing is finally starting to settle as it continues to top best-seller charts
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A few months have passed since the launch of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the current best CPU for gaming on the market. Ever since it was released, it has been in high demand and has run into repeated stock issues. We’ve been keeping an eye on sales of the Ryzen chip for a while now, and it continues to be a best seller across online retailers. And now, new stats for February from large German retailer Mindfactory further support that – with nearly 19,000 sales to date.
AMD has previously given us a few reasons why the 9800X3D is always out of stock, even blaming Intel at one point due to its lack of competition, especially on the gaming front. Since then, poor availability inevitably resulted in price hikes, but it looks like this is finally starting to settle, though not quite down to MSRP.
- Cores: 8
- Threads: 16
- Boost clock speed: 5.2GHz
- Base clock speed: 4.7GHz
- L3 cache: 96MB
- TDP: 120W
- Platform: AM5
AMD continues to dominate CPU sales charts at Mindfactory
New sales stats posted on X (formerly Twitter) by TechEpiphany show just how well AMD is doing in the DIY CPU market. At the large German retailer Mindfactory, they easily occupy all the top-seller spots; you can see the top 10 just below. Intel has been struggling for a while now, and even people like Bill Gates are coming out to say they hope Intel can recover. We’re still some way away from its next generation of CPUs, and it feels it needs an equivalent to AMD’s X3D technology to really compete.
| CPU (top 10) | Units sold in February so far |
|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 1,130 |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 900 |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500F | 430 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 360 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | 240 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | 230 |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X | 220 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | 190 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | 170 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | 170 |
The 9800X3D’s price tag is normalizing
At launch, if you were fast enough, you could pick up the 9800X3D for $479 (its MSRP). The price has fluctuated since then, as you’d expect with the ongoing supply and demand dynamic. When it finally came back in stock at Newegg in the US, the price shot up to over $700, making it only really worth buying in a motherboard bundle.
Looking at further stats posted by TechEpiphany, the price of the 9800X3D has normalized at Mindfactory. At the time of writing, you can pick one up for €569 at the German retailer. Not quite as low as its launch price, but it’s better than the rollercoaster pricing seen in the past few months, as demonstrated by the graph below. For comparison, US customers can source one via Newegg for $599; it remains out of stock at retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy at the moment, however.
Overall, we’re happy to see the 9800X3D to see some kind of stability on the market. With plenty of big GPU launches taking place in the first quarter of 2025, it makes sense to pick up the best CPU to match. AMD has previously said it was “blown away” by X3D processor demand, and has been quick to ramp up production in reaction – it looks like that is starting to pay off.
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