AM4 CPUs have started to see a significant increase in sales, and several SKUs from the Zen 3 family are now the top sellers on major retailers.
Ryzen 7 5800X is As Popular As 9800X3D on Amazon DE, Selling Nearly 2000 Units Last Month; Time for AMD to Bring Back its X3D Variant?
The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is nowhere near the gaming prowess of the world's fastest gaming processor, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but several factors are contributing to the growth of 5800X's sales. Last month already witnessed a sudden increase in AM4 CPU sales on the popular German store Mindfactory, but the same phenomenon can be seen on Amazon, which confirms that the AM4 ecosystem is indeed getting popular once again.
AMD also confirmed at CES that it is trying everything to bring back previous Ryzen families to the market in greater volume, largely in response to market volatility caused by ongoing DDR5 shortages. We now have the latest stats for CPU sales from Amazon DE, which show a clear picture of what's happening. AMD's Zen 3-based 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 5800X is now the best-selling CPU on the platform, selling nearly 2,000 units in December 2025. This is equal to the number of Ryzen 9800X3D sold in the same period.
This shouldn't be very surprising, considering users will have to pay nearly 2X for getting a 32 GB DDR5 RAM kit vs the same capacity for its DDR4 counterpart. DDR4 memory has already touched a record high price in two months, but the overall cost for building an AM4-based system is much lower vs going with the AM5 platform. Ryzen 7 5800X sold for an Average Selling Price of nearly 168 Euros, while Ryzen 9800X3D is a premium SKU with an ASP of over 400 Euros. Most gamers cannot afford a 400 Euro CPU, and on top of that, paying a hefty price for a DDR5 RAM kit crushes the dream of building a gaming PC under $1000/1000 Euros.
Using the AM4 platform for building gaming PCs as of now is still much cheaper, but lacks competitive CPUs to deliver high frame rates. Too bad AMD already discontinued the Ryzen 5000X3D chips. Should AMD reintroduce the Ryzen 5800X3D and 5700X3D, these CPUs would easily outsell every processor in no time. At the moment, AM4-compatible processors constitute nearly 40% of the total AMD CPU sales on Amazon DE, which is quite impressive, considering the market already transitioned to AM5 well ahead of the current period.
As for Intel, this is one of the best times for the company to increase the supply for its Raptor Lake/Refresh CPUs since they offer even higher gaming performance than Zen 3. The Arrow Lake already flopped hard on the market, and with no option for DDR4, only Intel's 12th/13th/14th gen could save the current market.
News Source: @TechEpiphanyYT
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