According to a WCCFTech source citing an internal AMD report, the company plans to reduce the production of Ryzen 7000 processors due to the decline in the PC market and the not-so-friendly acceptance of the AM5 platform by users.

AMD believed that the AM5 platform would attract consumers with a host of new features, including support for DDR5 and PCIe 5.0, but this resulted in higher motherboard prices. For example, models with the B650 chipset sell for more than the previously promised $125.

The report also says that what keeps AM5 afloat right now is its enthusiasts; The Ryzen 9 7900X is the most popular processor in the series: at $550 it’s more attractive than the Ryzen 7 7700X ($400) and Ryzen 5 7600X ($300). . ). These statistics are based on global CPU shipments, not sales from specific retailers.

One reason for the lack of interest in the Ryzen 7000 is that the Ryzen 5000s are still valid. Yes, many buyers can buy a Ryzen 7 5800X3D with a large amount of cache instead of a Ryzen 7000 CPU and also not need to upgrade to a new motherboard. For gamers, 8 cores of the Zen 3 architecture are quite enough, and a large amount of cache increases the gaming performance of the Core i9-12900K level. But even without that, the Ryzen 5000 series still stands, and the price cut makes this CPU family even more appealing.