AMD's record-low Ryzen 9000 CPUs pricing is still available, but Prime Day ends today — Ryzen 9 9950X gets $215 off, Ryzen 5 9600X drops to $165

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You're going to save a lot of cash, whether you're building a high-end workstation or a budget gaming rig.

Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 9 9950X deals
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The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X is currently available for $434, giving you a 33% discount and helping you save $215. AMD also dropped the price of the Ryzen 5 9600X by 41%, with the price going down to $165 from the original $279. These deals appeared a couple of days before the official start of Amazon Prime Day 2025, but have persisted throughout the week, giving us a great discount that is still in stock. We are in the last day of Amazon's Prime event, though, and these deals will expire at the end of the day.

The Ryzen 9000 series is one of the best processor generations ever, with these CPUs in demand by gamers and professionals alike. If you haven’t got your hands on these processors yet, AMD is now giving you the chance to do so while helping you save.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X: was $649 now $434 at Amazon

All-time low price.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores and 32 threads, and can hit a maximum of 5.7 GHz and a 64MB L3 cache. This is the perfect processor for those building a powerful workstation.

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These CPUs sit near both ends of AMD’s Ryzen 9000 consumer desktop lineup, with the 9950X being the most powerful non-X3D model and the 9600X a slightly more powerful variant of the base Ryzen 5 9600. If you’re looking for power, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X will deliver with its 16 cores and 32 threads.

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X benchmark results
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This chip can hit a maximum boost speed of 5.7 GHz and is equipped with 64MB of L3 cache, delivered through a 170W TDP. Sure, the 9950X3D is still better for gaming, but if you want a productivity-first experience, the 9950X is a good bet. Our benchmarks show that this chip sits right in the middle of the processors that we tested when running stock. However, if you enable PBO, it quickly becomes the most powerful non-X3D AMD offering.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X: was $279 now $165 at Amazon

All-time low price.

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X comes with six cores and 12 threads, with a maximum boost speed of 5.4GHz and 32 MB of L3 cache.

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If $400 is still too much for you, the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is a great option that will not break the bank. It comes with six cores and 12 threads and has a max boost clock of 5.4 GHz. You also get 32MB of L3 Cache and a 65W TDP. And despite having an MSRP of $279 (and with the price currently sitting at $165), this value CPU delivers performance.

Again, our benchmarks below show it sitting in the middle of the pack when running in the stock configuration. But with PBO turned on, only the 9700X and X3D chips can beat it.

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Ryzen 5 9600X
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So, whether you’re building a powerful workstation or a budget gaming PC, there’s an option that will save you money. Don’t wait too long, as we don’t know how long this sale price will last.

We are working hard to find the best computer hardware deals for you this Amazon Prime Day. If you're looking for more savings, check out our best early Amazon Prime Day deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, or CPU Deals pages.

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Jowi Morales
Jowi Morales
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Jowi Morales is a tech enthusiast with years of experience working in the industry. He’s been writing with several tech publications since 2021, where he’s been interested in tech hardware and consumer electronics.

10 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Roland Of Gilead
    Again, our benchmarks below show it sitting in the middle of the pack when running in the stock configuration. But with PBO turned on, only the 9700X and X3D chips can beat it.
    Eh, the chart for this doesn't include the 9600x, it's a dated table of Zen 3 and 10th Gen Intel CPUs. Or am I missing something!?
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  • Amdlova
    newegg gives 16gb ddr5 with the 9600x
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  • bit_user
    Roland Of Gilead said:
    Eh, the chart for this doesn't include the 9600x, it's a dated table of Zen 3 and 10th Gen Intel CPUs. Or am I missing something!?
    Yeah, either there was an error in linking it, or maybe Jowi isn't as skilled in using the site's limited search functionality as some of us have had to become?

    The (updated) review covering the 9600X is here, for anyone interested:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-ryzen-5-9600x-cpu-review
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  • Roland Of Gilead
    bit_user said:
    Yeah, either there was an error in linking it, or maybe Jowi isn't as skilled in using the site's limited search functionality as some of us have had to become?

    The (updated) review covering the 9600X is here, for anyone interested:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-ryzen-5-9600x-cpu-review
    Yeah,. I kinda thought it was just a simple mistake. God knows, I've done much worse with copy and pasting and turning a presentation into a temporary laughing stock in a previous life! 🤪
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  • bit_user
    Roland Of Gilead said:
    Yeah,. I kinda thought it was just a simple mistake.
    Maybe it was a mistake.

    Roland Of Gilead said:
    God knows, I've done much worse with copy and pasting and turning a presentation into a temporary laughing stock in a previous life! 🤪
    When sending out emails to multiple recipients, I developed a habit of re-reading them a number of times that's roughly a logarithmic with respect to the number of recipients. I think base-3 log sounds about right, for that.

    For a mass publication, you'd want to use a different base, but I suppose a similar heuristic should still apply.
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  • Paul Alcorn
    Thanks for the sharp eyes, guys. Fixed!
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  • Roland Of Gilead
    bit_user said:
    When sending out emails to multiple recipients, I developed a habit of re-reading them a number of times that's roughly a logarithmic with respect to the number of recipients. I think base-3 log sounds about right, for that.
    Yes, being thorough really helps.

    In my last organisation, we adopted the 'three eyes review'. Reviewing the content for brand association, or spelling and punctuation mistakes, and any other issues that are important. It's simple and effective.
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  • bit_user
    Roland Of Gilead said:
    In my last organisation, we adopted the 'three eyes review'. Reviewing the content for brand association, or spelling and punctuation mistakes, and any other issues that are important. It's simple and effective.
    We use peer reviews for all code changes. For production code, you need a sign-off by two reviewers. For non-product stuff, like infrastructure and some tests, I think only one is required.

    Lately, AI is also contributing code reviews, which is pretty good at catching simpler sorts of errors (one tier better than compiler warnings or "lint"-type tools). It doesn't raise issues on more fundamental design or architecture flaws, however.
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  • Li Ken-un
    bit_user said:
    When sending out emails to multiple recipients, I developed a habit of re-reading them a number of times that's roughly a logarithmic with respect to the number of recipients. I think base-3 log sounds about right, for that.

    For a mass publication, you'd want to use a different base, but I suppose a similar heuristic should still apply.
    brilliant! i shall adopt this heuristic as well.
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  • Notatallsvelte
    I got the 14600k for about the same price, well slightly cheaper in the UK.
    Reply