A several-year-old Zen 3 CPU is selling like hotcakes on Amazon US, which clearly indicates a big shift in user interest.
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Sells 4,000 Units in a Single Month, Trading Blows With the Best Gaming CPU on Amazon
Shockingly, a several-year-old processor is outselling the majority of the CPUs on one of the biggest online retailers, thanks to the DDR5 price hikes, leaving users no choice but to settle for an older platform. Until recently, the Ryzen 7 5800X/XT remained the top seller on Amazon in various regions, but the Ryzen 5 5500 just pushed it to the third spot.
Ryzen 5800X/XT previously competed with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D for the top spot in the best-selling CPUs list. This 8-core/16-thread processor is one of the handful of viable solutions for older DDR4-based platforms, but the rise of the Ryzen 5 5500 to the top is unexpected. Given that the Ryzen 5 5500 offers much slower gaming/productivity performance compared to the Ryzen 5800X/XT as well as its bigger siblings, such as Ryzen 5600/X, it's a rare sight to see it at the top position.
Nonetheless, Ryzen 5 5500 remains the cheapest Zen 3 chip, featuring a 6-core/12-thread configuration that does decently when paired with budget GPUs. Currently sitting at $80–$85, Ryzen 5500 is hard to beat in this price range. Users can easily pair it with a sub-$100 motherboard, add a 16 GB DDR4 kit, and get the whole build done in less than $800 for smooth gaming at 1080p. That said, the Ryzen 5800XT is still doing well in sales and has sold about 2,000 units in the last month. That's roughly half the shipments of the Ryzen 5 5500, but at 2K units shipped, Ryzen 5800XT is still as popular as the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
The data provided by @TechEpiphanyYT shows some interesting changes. Intel Core Ultra 200, aka Arrow Lake series, which used to be one of the worst-selling products, is now seeing decent sales. Both Core Ultra 7 265K and 285K have sold 500 units each, competing with some popular mid-range Ryzen chips such as the Ryzen 7 9700X, Ryzen 7 5700X, and Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Platform-wise, AM5 remains the most dominant, followed by AM4 with 39% share.
Overall, AMD's share remains close to 90% (86.1%) on Amazon, while Intel remains at 13.9% with a higher average selling price of $313.
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