AMD Ryzen Lineup & Prices Confirmed, 8 Cores For As Low As $320

AMD’s entire Ryzen CPU lineup has been verified and pricing for its 8 core SKUs confirmed through various online retailers. Last week we took a look at 17 different Ryzen CPUs that AMD will be rolling out starting later this month. Thanks to comments by AMD’s President & CEO Lisa Su at the company’s last earnings call, we know that the company will officially launch Ryzen at the end of the month with expected on-shelf availability on March 2nd.

It’s not entirely clear yet whether the March 2nd launch will include all the previously leaked 17 Ryzen SKUs. However, what is apparent is that at least three different CPUs will be available on day one. These include the Ryzen 7 1800X, Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 1700. All three of these have been listed for pre-order on a number of online retailers and feature 8 cores and 16 threads. The most affordable of which, the Ryzen 7 1700 is up for sale at less than $320.

Of the several online retailers that have listed Ryzen CPUs one in particular stands out. It’s shopblt.com, the very same retailer that accurately listed pretty much every AMD CPU right before release. Including the Athlon X4 845 and the Kaveri A10 7850K and A10 7700K chips. Not only that, but its prices were also spot on, exactly matching the official MSRPs at launch. Perhaps it has proven accurate time and time again because it retrieves product pricing data from the database of one of the biggest channel suppliers in the world.

With that preface in mind, let’s dig into the details that you’ve all been waiting for. The three chips that have been spotted are all 8 core and 16 thread SKUs as previously mentioned. The 1800X and the 1700X are 95W chips and and the 1700 is rated at 65 watts. That’s right folks, AMD is launching an 8 core, 16 thread CPU with a boost clock of 3.7Ghz and a TDP of 65 watts. That’s less than half the TDP of Intel’s 140W 8 core 16 thread i7 6900K, which features the same 3.7Ghz boost clock speed.

As if thosse figures aren’t mind boggling enough, this chip is listed at less than $320. Which comes in at one fourth the cost of its Intel rival, which regularly retails for over $1100. To put the enormity of this into perspective, you would practically be able build an entire high-end gaming machine around the Ryzen 1700 for the same money that would cost you just to get an i7 6900K chip on its own.

AMD’s highest performing Ryzen CPU, the 1800X will retail for less than $499. A piece of information we made public nearly three months ago in our exclusive Ryzen report. So we know that much hasn’t changed since November. What was a bit of a surprise however is the fact that AMD’s 8 core flagship will boost to a whopping 4.0Ghz right out of the box despite a frugal 95W TDP.