Euro prices for Ryzen 7000: AMD imitates Nvidia
Anyone who hoped that the euro prices for the new Ryzen 7000 CPUs would be similar to the US dollar prices should be disappointed. AMD does it like Nvidia and takes German VAT and the weak euro into account.
Economic reality has also arrived at AMD. In the case of Ryzen 7000, this means that the euro prices for the four new Zen 4 CPUs are significantly higher than the MSRP in the USA. There are good reasons for this, but AMD has acted differently in the past.
The new MSRP reality at AMD
Between 20 and 21.5 percent are added to the prices in US dollars in the euro region. Theoretically, this is also understandable, because the recommended prices in the USA are traditionally without taxes, because each state cooks its own soup. In other words, the 19 percent VAT in Germany makes up the largest part of the price difference between the US dollar and the euro on paper. The still missing 1 to 2.5 percent come from the weak euro, which has known only one direction for months. If you got 1.17 US dollars for one euro a year ago, today it is only 0.97 US dollars. The euro has steadily depreciated against the US dollar, which is significant for a company like AMD.
The development of the dollar exchange rate in relation to the euro
Source: Finanzen.net
Nvidia showed the way when introducing the Geforce RTX 4000 cards: All three cards cost 22 percent more in euros than in USD, which are also stated without taxes. It is no coincidence that both companies act in a similar way. But AMD has a special feature, which is why it should bother some people how the euro prices for Ryzen 5 7600X, Ryzen 7 7700X, Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 9 7950X turn out. There have been several CPU launches in the past where US dollar prices were identical to euro prices. For almost all Ryzen 5000 CPUs, dollar = euro, although there was already a VAT item here as well. AMD only added 9 percent to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D.
| Prices (US-D) | Prices (euros) | difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 7950X | 699 | 849 | + 21.46% |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | 549 | 669 | + 21.86% |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | 399 | 479 | + 20.05% |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | 299 | 359 | + 20.07% |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | 799 | 799 | identical |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | 549 | 549 | identical |
| Ryzen 7 580X3D | 449 | 489 | + 8.91% |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | 449 | 449 | identical |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | 299 | 299 | identical |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | 299 | 299 | identical |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | 199 | 199 | identical |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | 159 | 159 | identical |
| Ryzen 9 3950X | 749 | 819 | + 9.35% |
| Ryzen 9 3900X | 499 | 529 | + 6.01% |
| Ryzen 7 3800X | 399 | 429 | + 7.52% |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | 329 | 349 | + 6.08% |
| Ryzen 5 3600X | 249 | 265 | + 6.43% |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | 199 | 209 | + 5.03% |
| Ryzen 5 3400G | 149 | 159 | + 6.71% |
| Ryzen 3 3200G | 99 | 106 | +7.07% |
AMD behaved differently again with the Ryzen 3000 CPUs, depending on the CPU, there was an additional charge of between 5 and 9 percent. AMD has acted very differently in the past, which is probably mainly due to the development of the euro/US dollar exchange rate and less to VAT. Interestingly, in the PCGH survey prior to testing the Ryzen 7000, almost two-thirds of the participants found the US dollar pricing okay, as it was similar to the Ryzen 5000. Only 30 percent thought the pricing was too high. Would the result of the question about the euro prices now published be similar? Use the comment function and let us know what you think. You must be logged in to PCGH.de or the Extreme forum to comment. If you don’t have an account yet, you can consider registeringwhich brings many advantages.
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