AMDs Ryzen chips appear to be wiping the floor with Intel but the best-selling CPUs right now might surprise you

Date:
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:45:50 +0000

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AMD is routing Intel in the battle of the CPUs going by the bestsellers for major retailers but Ryzen 9000 isnt winning this war.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Intels top-selling CPU is a lowly number 13 in Amazon rankings Team Blue is doing better in the Newegg CPU chart, but still not well This may reflect fallout from Intels recent fumbles with chip instability and the rocky Arrow Lake launch

AMD is totally cleaning up in the world of desktop processors , with Intel lagging way behind its rival now, at least going by Amazons rankings of the bestselling CPUs.

As you may be aware, Amazon keeps track of the bestsellers across its entire range of tech (and other) products, and the top processor list is currently dominated by AMD, with Team Red now holding the entire top 10.

In fact, the first Intel CPU youll see is the Intel Core i5-13600KF at number 13, so the top 12 processors are from AMD (at the time of writing, anyway). Granted, Intel does have numbers 14, 15, 17, and 18 as well, notably with older CPUs from the 13th-gen and 14th-gen ranges, with no Core Ultra 200S (Arrow Lake) chips to be seen in the top 20 or indeed in the top 100.

Are those chips simply too fresh to the market, then? Well, AMDs Ryzen
9800X3D is also very new on the scene and is ranked at the number four spot, in fact, it's been so popular that at the time of writing it's sold out of stock.

What are AMDs top chips by sales, then? At number one we have the AMD Ryzen 5700X, the mainstay from two generations ago which is still selling strongly, followed by its more affordable sibling, the 5600X.

The AMD Ryzen 7800X3D is in third place, followed by the 9800X3D as
mentioned, and then the Ryzen 7600X is in fifth. It makes sense to see the 7800X3D in a strong position; it's now the cheaper alternative to the
next-gen 9800X3D, while remaining a strong choice of CPU for serious PC gamers. (Image credit: Future/John Loeffler) Analysis: Processing advantage AMD

This represents a very clear picture of how AMD has pulled ahead in the CPU arena, albeit it is just one retailer though a huge retail player, of
course.

If you look at Newegg, which also keeps a regularly updated CPU ranking, this isnt quite as heavily weighted towards AMD, but Team Red is clearly winning. In this case, Intel does have chips at numbers five through to eight, and 14, plus 20, but the rest of the top 20 is entirely AMD (again, thats correct at the time of writing, though the processors may have shuffled around a bit by the time youre reading this).

Its much the same story as Amazon with the bestselling Ryzen chips, though
the top seller is actually the Ryzen 9800X3D in this case (even though it has sold out stock is still a big issue for would-be buyers), followed by the Ryzen 7600X (with a nice discount as you might guess). For Intel, the 14700K and 14900K are the top offerings you wont find an Arrow Lake CPU until
number 39, where the flagship 285K currently resides.

Are we particularly surprised at this development? Well, not really, although the grip AMD has on the market at Amazon is pretty eye-opening. But given recent history in the world of CPUs, with Intel having a nightmarish time
with its 14th-gen and 13th-gen silicon suffering serious instability
problems, and Arrow Lake having a wobbly launch too , its pretty much a given that AMD is going to capitalize on these missteps.

Even if Ryzen 9000 also received a rather lukewarm reception, albeit the
Ryzen 9800X3D has turned that around as a gaming powerhouse chip the problem with that new 3D V-Cache CPU is that its out of stock everywhere , as noted.

Via Toms Hardware You might also like AMDs Ryzen 7 9800X3D is hot stuff - literally, as one has just burnt out a motherboard Intel may not have any new desktop chips coming until Nova Lake in 2026 What is a processor: Your CPU explained in plain terms



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