Intel continues to react to Ryzen, 15% price cut on the way

Intel rumored to drop CPU prices by 15% to compete against AMD's upcoming 7nm-powered Zen 2 CPUs.

@anthony256

Published Jun 23, 2019 7:48 PM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:48 PM CST

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I caused quite the flurry when I first reported that Intel was reacting to the impending launch of AMD's new Ryzen CPUs over two years ago now, and fast forwarding to now has seen the entire CPU market change. AMD is about to launch the world's first consumer 7nm CPU, with a range of actually very kick ass Ryzen 3000 processors based on the new Zen 2 architecture.

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Well, now it seems Intel is going to reportedly drop the price of its desktop CPUs by 15% in a response to AMD's new Ryzen 3000 series CPUs that are launching on 7/7. DigitTimes is reporting that the new 9th-gen Intel Core CPUs would see a 10-15% price drop which would see somewhere between $25 and $75 being shaved off of CPUs like the Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K, and Core i5-9600K.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler (YD270XBGAFB)

	Today	Yesterday	7 days ago	30 days ago
	$210.00	$210.00	$210.00	$210.00	Buy
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Anthony Garreffa

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.