Ryzen 5 9600X fails to attract fans as Zen 5 launch week sales appear mighty underwhelming in Germany

AMD’s latest Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 CPUs officially went on sale on August 8. To the dismay of many fans, reviews of the Ryzen 5 9600X and the Ryzen 7 9700X have been a mixed bag. While the Zen 5 CPUs are more efficient than their Zen 4 and Intel 13th/14th-gen Raptor Lake counterparts, the performance advantage of the new chips has disappointed a lot of consumers.

For instance, where we noted in our review of the Ryzen 5 9600X that the CPU sips power, is easy to cool, and delivers strong single-core performance, the overall performance bump vs the Ryzen 5 7600X was only 4% on average across our tests. Considering you can currently buy the Ryzen 5 7600X for less than $200 on Amazon while the Ryzen 5 9600X costs $279, the small performance improvement is unlikely to justify the Zen 5 CPU for many users.

Keeping this in mind, it is not a surprise that consumers in Germany have apparently rejected the Zen 5 CPUs. According to CPU sales data for week 32 of 2024 curated by TechEpiphany, the German retailer Mindfactory has sold only 10 Ryzen 5 9600X chips during the Zen 5 launch week. Granted, the Zen 5 chips went on sale on Thursday, so the CPUs had less shelf time than other processors on the list. However, considering that Mindfactory also sold 180 Ryzen 5 7600X units, the Ryzen 9000 chips have apparently failed to attract customers.

Interestingly, the list doesn’t contain the Ryzen 7 9700X. This could either mean that the retailer didn’t have any units available last week or that not a single unit was sold. Even the 13th and 14th-gen Intel processors which have been marred with stability issues, sold on par or better in week 32 than the AMD Zen 5 chips.

AMD leads Intel in total sales

While Ryzen 9000 CPUs have experienced a cold reception, AMD still leads Intel by quite a large margin when it comes to total CPUs sold. For week 32, a total of 2,855 Ryzen chips were sold on Mindfactory vs 430 Intel processors. As such, Team Red enjoyed 87% of the total sales compared to Intel’s 13%.

Out of this total of 2,855, an overwhelming majority of Ryzen CPUs were for the AM5 platform (2,020) followed by AM4 (835). Chips for Intel’s LGA1700 and LGA1200 clocked in around 410 and 20 respectively.

All in all, if the data from Mindfactory is any indication of the wider German market, AMD could be facing an uphill battle in convincing users to give the Ryzen 9000 series a chance. But, since the Zen 5 CPUs have only been on sale for a few days, any final conclusions regarding the success or failure of the Ryzen 9000 chips will have to wait.

???? CPU Retail Sales Week 32 (mf)barely any Zen 5 CPUs soldℹ️ UnitsAMD: 2855 units sold, 86.91%, ASP: 269 (+6)Intel: 430, 13.09%, ASP: 285 (-3)ℹ️ RevenueAMD: 768521, 86.23%Intel: 122756, 13.77%ℹ️ By SocketAM5: 2020AM4: 8351700: 4101200: 20(Added sales from 2017… pic.twitter.com/jpZq1wGCQF

— TechEpiphany (@TechEpiphanyYT) August 11, 2024

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