Intel anticipates a drop in processor prices due to amd ryzen

Intel foresees a small drop in the prices of its premium processors for the rest of the year, but the main reason for this reduction could be AMD Ryzen chips, which apart from being just as powerful as Intel's are also cheaper.

Intel processor prices for both PCs and laptops experienced a brief increase in the first quarter of the year, which helped the company record an increase of up to 6% of its revenues compared to the same quarter of the year. last, up to 8, 000 million dollars.

Intel plans to adjust the prices of its processors following AMD Ryzen

However, Intel processors are now facing stiff competition from AMD's new Ryzen chips, which were released last month with excellent performance and considerably lower prices.

For example, the fastest processor in the AMD Ryzen range is the new Ryzen 7 1800X, which has eight cores and is priced at just $ 499. A similar Intel processor would be the Core i7-6900K, which costs $ 1, 089, while Intel's fastest processor, the Core i7-6950K Extreme Edition, fetches $ 1, 700.

While AMD's processors have been considered inferior to Intel's in performance over the past decade, the arrival of new Ryzen CPUs has prompted PC manufacturers to rework with AMD to incorporate their processors into their computers, which is why Intel is now forced to cut prices to retain its market share.

For now it is very early to predict the impact of AMD Ryzen on Intel processors, but in some stores there have already been considerable reductions in the prices of Intel CPUs after the arrival of AMD Ryzen.