AMD Zen 5 Faces Worst Sales Among Ryzen Lineup
New series of processors AMD Zen5 и Ryzen 9000 has been met with mixed reactions from reviewers and buyers alike. Despite strong multitasking and productivity performance, the processors have underperformed in sales. According to retailers such as Mindfactory, number of processors sold Zen 5 in the first month it was two times lower than its predecessor Zen 4, despite being compatible with existing AM5 motherboards.
Many reviewers point out the lack of significant breakthroughs in gaming tests. Thus, Ryzen 9 9950X It performs well in multi-threaded tasks, but its gaming performance is not much different from previous models, which has led to a decrease in interest from the DIY market.
Additionally, YouTube channels Hardware Unboxed and Moore's Law is Dead reported catastrophic sales declines in Australia and Germany, making this one of AMD's worst launches since Bulldozer in 2011.
However, a recent firmware update AGESA solves one of the key problems - reduces the latency between cores from 180 ns to 75 ns, which can improve the performance of processors in certain tasks. The only question is why this was not fixed before the official release.
