The image you see on the cover is a leak obtained, in theory, from a set of materials used internally by AMD, and shows how it will packaging of the new Ryzen 9 7000 processorsthe most powerful chips that Sunnyvale will launch on September 15, if all goes according to plan.

If this image is confirmed and the truth is that it seems to be official, it seems that AMD will make an important change in the box design of the new Ryzen 9 7000 and maybe that style is transferred to the boxes of the other models as well. For the purpose of comparison, we find a significantly minimalist finish, more decent and elegant than the Ryzen 5000 boxes, where the dark gray color with a metallic touch dominates and the orange details are minimal.

The truth is that this new box design Ryzen 9 7000 I like it much better than the box design of the current models. The change to a metallic dark gray tone and a minimalist touch with angular lines in orange seem particularly successful. The logo has also changed tones as now the circle is gray and not orange.

In addition to this new design, we also had access to new information that came with the packaging image, which focuses on the prices of the new AMD Ryzen 7000 processors. It does not cover all the models arriving on launch day, as it omits the Ryzen 5 7600, but includes Ryzen 7 7000 and Ryzen 9 7000. This is what the prices would look like:

• The Ryzen 7 7700X would be priced the same as the Ryzen 7 5700X ($299).
• The Ryzen 7 7800X would cost more than the Ryzen 7 5800X (over $449, maybe $499).
• The Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 9 7950X will cost more than the Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 9 5950X (over $549 and $799, respectively).

As for the Ryzen 5 7600X, which I know is one of the most anticipated processors by many of our readers, its price will most likely eventually identical or slightly worse than the Ryzen 5 5600X. If everything we’ve said is confirmed, the final prices of the new Ryzen 7000 would be higher than initially expected and would average slightly above the launch price of the Ryzen 5000.

We must keep in mind that this scheme of plans may change at short notice depending on the competition offered by Intel with Raptor Lake-S, a new generation of processors that will use the Raptor Cove architecture and the Gracemont architecture, which will also arrive in the latter part of this year. If the performance of these devices outperforms the Ryzen 7000, AMD may end up cutting prices.