AMD's entire Ryzen CPU lineup has been verifiedand pricing for its 8 core SKUs confirmed through various online retailers. Last week we finally got a look at the full Ryzen lineup comprised of 17 different CPUs that AMD will be rolling-out. Thanks to comments by AMD's President & CEO Lisa Su at the company's last earnings call, we know that that they're officially launching Ryzen at the end of the month with expected on-shelf availability on March 2nd.

It's not entirely clear yet whether the March 2nd launch will include all 17 Ryzen SKUs. However, what is apparent is that at least three different CPUs will be available on day one. These include the Ryzen 7 1800X, Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 1700. All three of thesehave been listed online and are available for pre-order on a number of online retailers. All three SKUs feature 8 coresand 16 threads. The most affordable of which, the Ryzen 7 1700 is up for sale with a list price of less than $320.

The Ryzen Revolution - i7 6900K Class Performance For 1/3rd The Price & Less Than Half ThePower

Of the several online retailersthat have listed Ryzen CPUs one in particular stands out. It's shopblt.com, the very same retailer that accurately listed pretty much every AMD CPUright before release. Including the Athlon X4 845 and the Kaveri A10 7850K and A10 7700K chips. Not only that, but its priceswere alsospot on, exactly matching the official MSRPs at launch. Perhaps it has proven accurate time and time againbecause itretrieves product pricing datafrom the database of one of the biggest channel suppliers in the world.

With that preface in mind, let's dig into the details that you've all been waiting for. The three chips that have been spotted are all 8 core and 16 thread SKUs as previously mentioned. The 1800X and the 1700X are 95W chipsand and the 1700 is rated at65 watts. That's right folks, AMD is launching an 8 core, 16 thread CPU with a boost clock of 3.7GHz and a TDP of 65 watts. That's less than half the TDP of Intel's 140W 8 core 16 thread i7 6900K, which features the same 3.7GHz boost clock speed.

Asif thosse figures aren't mind boggling enough, this chip is listed at less than $320. Which comes in at one fourththe cost of its Intel rival, which regularly retails for over $1100. To put the enormity of this into perspective, you would practicallybe ablebuild an entire high-end gaming machine around the Ryzen 1700 for the same money that would cost you just to getan i7 6900K chipon its own.

AMD's highest performing Ryzen CPU, the 1800X will retail for less than $499.A piece of information we made publicnearly three months ago in our exclusive Ryzen report. So we know that much hasn't changed since November. What was a bit of a surprise howeveris the fact that AMD's 8 core flagship will boost to a whopping 4.0GHz right out of the boxdespite a frugal 95W TDP.

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The third Ryzen chip is the 1700X and it comes in between the 1800X and the 1700 in terms of pricing and clock speeds. What you'll notice is thatRyzen chips with the -X suffix are rated at 95W whilst their equivalents without the X at the endare simply more energy efficient variants with a lower 65W TDP. However, all Ryzen CPUs without exception feature fully unlocked frequency multipliers. And because pretty much all AM4 motherboards support overclocking, with the exception of the low-endA series chipsets, you can rest assured knowing that no matter which Ryzen CPU you pick up you will be able to overclock it to your heart'scontent. That is if you choose to do so.

Ryzen In The Mid-range and Mainstream Segments

Considering that in a month's time you will be able to pick up a Ryzen CPU for $320 withperformance that's confined to the ultra luxuryone thousand dollars+ segment of the desktop market today, it's suffice to say that mid-range and mainstream segments of the market are about to witness the most profound shift we have seen yet in the CPU market.

At less than $300 unlocked six core, twelve thread enthusiast Ryzen CPUs will compete with Intel's unlocked and locked quad-core, four thread i5s. Quad-core 8 thread Ryzen CPUs will completely displace Intel's lower-end i5s and the more expensive dual core i3s. Full quad-core Ryzen CPUs will go up against dual core Pentiums. At every given price point AMD's Ryzen lineup is set to offernearly double the cores and threads whilst maintainingsimilar single-threaded performance and power efficiency to the competition.