AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D Selling Nearly Twice as Fast as 5800X3D in Some Regions

[Fouquin]

AMD's cheapest Zen 4 X3D processor is shaping up to be its most popular. Sales numbers from Germany's Mindfactory posted by TechEpiphany seemingly shows the recently launched Ryzen 7 7800X3D outselling last year's Ryzen 7 5800X3D nearly 2:1, with 4,720 7800X3Ds selling to the 5800X3D's 2,510 over a few week period. While these figures show sales for only a single region, evidence for this momentum is reflected in other regional retailers as well as some global outlets. On Amazon, for example, the 7800X3D has made a frequent appearance on the top 10 best selling CPUs list, with the rest of the Zen 4 lineup trailing well behind. Newegg reports the 7800X3D to be among the top 5 best selling CPUs on the site at time of writing. Microcenter also shows the 7800X3D and 5800X3D side-by-side in seventh and eighth places respectively for popularity.

Despite recent troubles with the AM5 platform and Zen 4 X3D processors, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is proving to be quite a success for AMD. The 7800X3D in our review was shown to be one of the most efficient processors we've ever tested, and offered gaming performance at or near the top of the charts across the gauntlet of games and resolutions thrown at it. The staggered release of the 7000X3D lineup, with the 7950X3D and 7900X3D launching first and the 7800X3D launching later, gave early signals that AMD knew what they had and wanted to push as many early adopters away from the better value chip as they could. Pricing for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has been steady since it released, however we've already seen retailers offering discounts on the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7900X3D, as they presumably struggle to sell as well as the more aggressively positioned 7800X3D.



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[GreiverBlade]

interesting ...

oh well i will probably be contributing to the 5800X3D side soon ... these are nearing the sub 300chf/$ mark

 

[Dragam1337]

That has to be purchases made prior to the whole meltdown debacle, cause the longevity of these cpu's are seriously in doubt following that... i for one am gonna replace it before warranty runs out.

 

[mb194dc]

Awaits AMDs earnings for the the next few quarters with interest...

 

[maxfly]

If they hadn't taken so long to release the new x3ds I would have picked one up for sure but I got sick of waiting. Oh well, maybe the 8000 series will peak my interest enough to rebuild again.

Then again...sooo much work redoing the loop blehhh. My fingers still hurt.

 

[Ownedtbh]

hope they fix their problems very fast, so not many customers get disappointed

 

[Hyderz]

Not surprised it’s a pretty fast cpu from amd

 

[TheDeeGee]

They're literally on fire.

 

[CosmicWanderer]

Bound to happen.

Fastest gaming CPU in the world, latest platform, latest technologies. Seems that the premium in price is worth it to many people after all.

 

[john_]

On one hand this proves that it was a mistake from their side to delay the X3D chips. If they had released the X3D chips in day 1 of the AM5 release, the platform cost would have been easier for consumers to swallow. Of course I mean with normal pricing for the CPUs, not like $449 for 7700X and $599 for 7800X3D.

On the other hand the problems with voltages and burn ups prove that they might were correct to wait and probably if they had released the X3D chips in 6 months from now they could have spotted the stupidity of motherboard makers of overvolting the chips like noobs.

 

[Airisom]

No problems here. Just set <1.25v soc when running expo and you're good. Motherboard auto settings are the main culprit here, not the processor.

 

[Marcus L]

Only 1 intel CPU in the top 10 on Amazon UK the 13600 at #10, the rest are AMD and most of them are Ryzen 5000 series with just the 7800x3d sitting in 6th spot behind the likes of the 5600/x, 5700x 5800x/x3d interesting

 

[Daven]

Has anyone yet shown problems with X3D CPUs under default factory settings? Or is every case (I believe we are still only up to one) caused by trying to break the CPU? Has anyone done any longevity testing by running the CPU under max load 24/7 at overclocks to try and force a failure?

I’m beginning to believe every little problem is being blown out of proportion by the media to fill the aggressive 24/7 news cycle. Nah, I’m just being paranoid I guess.

 

[Tek-Check]

That has to be purchases made prior to the whole meltdown debacle, cause the longevity of these cpu's are seriously in doubt following that... i for one am gonna replace it before warranty runs out.

Numbers are fresh, showing the meltdown issue is minor.

 

[Dragam1337]

Has anyone yet shown problems with X3D CPUs under default factory settings? Or is every case (I believe we are still only up to one) caused by trying to break the CPU? Has anyone done any longevity testing by running the CPU under max load 24/7 at overclocks to try and force a failure?

I’m beginning to believe every little problem is being blown out of proportion by the media to fill the aggressive 24/7 news cycle. Nah, I’m just being paranoid I guess.

"I believe that the issue blown out of proportion, based on exactly zero research on my part"

Numbers are fresh, showing the meltdown issue is minor.

Yes, the numbers are "fresh", as they would be, as the cpu launched only 1 month ago... -_-

It doesn't show anything about how many of the sales were made prior or post the meltdown debacle...

So no, it does not show that the meltdown issue "is minor" - infact it shows absolutely nothing...

 

[Marcus L]

"I believe that the issue blown out of proportion, based on exactly zero research on my part"



Yes, the numbers are "fresh", as they would be, as the cpu launched only 1 month ago... -_-

It doesn't show anything about how many of the sales were made prior or post the meltdown debacle...

So no, it does not show that the meltdown issue "is minor" - infact it shows absolutely nothing...

I mean how many threads have there been on here or similar forums with users who actually had their Ryzen 7000 CPUs dying in this way? I don't think I've seen many and considering probably millions of 7000 CPUs have been sold since launch then it would appear it's not widespread or as common place as some would make it

 

[gffermari]

So the sales pattern is like...
....you get a 7800X3D if you build a new pc for gaming, or get a 5800X3D if you upgrade within AM4 platform, or get a 5700X/5600 for best VFM.

I think AMD should rename this gen as the real Bulldozer.
They should just price lower the 7900 GPUs, and everyone would pee on nVidia over a full AMD build.

 

[iO]

I mean how many threads have there been on here or similar forums with users who actually had their Ryzen 7000 CPUs dying in this way? I don't think I've seen many and considering probably millions of 7000 CPUs have been sold since launch then it would appear it's not widespread or as common place as some would make it

IIRC the only "real" instance was the original one which set everything in motion.

The other few dead CPUs were killed deliberately by Youtubers to recreate the problem.

 

[Daven]

"I believe that the issue blown out of proportion, based on exactly zero research on my part"

I placed a question mark after all my first paragraph statements and then called myself paranoid. I think you choose the wrong post to reply with a snarky, ‘let me rephrase what you wrote.’

But I’ll play along. I read tech sites and not reddit. So my research is limited to popular sources. So far I haven’t seen any youtubers or tech sites duplicate the burnt pin problem. But since you doubt my research, please provide the subreddits with all the user postings of burnt pins. I will read them and look at the pictures taken. I am ready to be informed.

 

[freeagent]

Typically with ambient cooling it is very difficult to kill a CPU.. but not impossible

 

[Dragam1337]

I placed a question mark after all my first paragraph statements and then called myself paranoid. I think you choose the wrong post to reply with a snarky, ‘let me rephrase what you wrote.’

But I’ll play along. I read tech sites and not reddit. So my research is limited to popular sources. So far I haven’t seen any youtubers or tech sites duplicate the burnt pin problem. But since you doubt my research, please provide the subreddits with all the user postings of burnt pins. I will read them and look at the pictures taken. I am ready to be informed.

Gamersnexus - you're welcome.

 

[Vario]

If they hadn't taken so long to release the new x3ds I would have picked one up for sure but I got sick of waiting. Oh well, maybe the 8000 series will peak my interest enough to rebuild again.

Then again...sooo much work redoing the loop blehhh. My fingers still hurt.

That was my position as well in September, but it took too long so I bought 12th gen i9, which I am pleased with.

 

[Daven]

Gamersnexus - you're welcome.

I guess you are talking about this:

Yeah that looks bad. You can change settings in the BIOS that leads to runaway voltages. But that test generated damage way more than a burnt pin. Luckily motherboard manufacturers have updated their BIOSes so this can’t happen.

If you are a novice computer buyer/builder, I doubt you would tinker with settings in this extreme way. If you are an informed expert buyer/builder, you would update your BIOS and be fine. While the situation is not great, I don’t think it will effect sales much. Time will tell.

 

[Dragam1337]

I guess you are talking about this:

Yeah that looks bad. You can change settings in the BIOS that leads to runaway voltages. But that test generated damage way more than a burnt pin. Luckily motherboard manufacturers have updated their BIOSes so this can’t happen.

If you are a novice computer buyer/builder, I doubt you would tinker with settings in this extreme way. If you are an informed expert buyer/builder, you would update your BIOS and be fine. While the situation is not great, I don’t think it will effect sales much. Time will tell.

This has happened with setups running with default settings aswell.

 

[Tek-Check]

shows absolutely nothing

Silly. It indicates that buyers in Germany have bought almost 5000 units. Worldwide, it could be easily more than 100,000 if not more.