AMD · Updated July 2026

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X: price, specs & release date

Name: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Brand: AMD
Price: 230 USD
Availability: InStock

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X costs $230, the cheapest CPUs (median $409). It earns a Gold Deskmark — 67/100 pay-blind standing, #3 of 18 in class.

Verified Jul 7, 2026 · figures linked to their source in the table below

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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, released 2022-09. Every price and spec below is linked to its source and dated — no guesses.

Source: amd.com verified 2026-07-07 ✓ corroborated verify in ledger

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Is the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X a good buy?

At $230, the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X is the cheapest of the 17 CPUs we track, where the median is $409. On the spec sheet, its cores of 8 is below the median of the 18, its threads of 16 is below the median of the 18, and its base clock of 4.5 GHz is above the median of the 18.

Specifications

Price (US)	$230 Current US street price $230.00 per PassMark/cpubenchmark.net ('Last Price Change: $230.00 USD (2026-07-03)'). This is a post-launch street price, not the original September 2022 launch MSRP. The AMD official product page lists no price. Launch MSRP ($399) was not sourced from any fetched page, so it is not used.
Brand	AMD
Released	2022-09
Cores	8
Threads	16
Base clock (GHz)	4.5
Boost clock (GHz)	5.4
L3 cache (MB)	32
Tdp (W)	105
Socket	AM5
Igpu	AMD Radeon Graphics

Source: amd.com (verified 2026-07-07) · corroborated by cpubenchmark.net. AMD's official Ryzen 7 7700X product page (source) states every spec verbatim: 8 CPU cores, 16 threads, 4.5 GHz Base Clock, Up to 5.4 GHz Max. Boost Clock, 32 MB L3 Cache, 105W Default TDP, AM5 CPU Socket, AMD Radeon Graphics iGPU, and Launch Date 09/27/2022 (recorded as 2022-09). The PassMark cpubenchmark.net page for the exact model independently corroborates all of these: 4.5 GHz clock, 5.4 GHz turbo, 8 cores/16 threads, 105 W Typical TDP, 32 MB L3, Socket AM5, and 'AMD Radeon Graphics'. No price is shown on the AMD page; PassMark lists a current street price of $230.00 USD (last price change 2026-07-03), which is used as priceUsd and clearly flagged as a post-launch street price rather than launch MSRP. Retailer listings attempted (Newegg, Amazon) redirected to wrong SKUs (7600X, 7950X) and were discarded; Best Buy did not respond. Every value is sourced verbatim from the two fetched pages for this exact model. Re-fetch confirmed all values on 2026-07-08.

Is the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X worth it vs cheaper CPUs?

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X against its closest cheaper and pricier CPUs on the specs that matter — every value sourced. See all 17 ranked →

Product	Price	Cores	Threads	Base clock (GHz)	Boost clock (GHz)	L3 cache (MB)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X this	$230	8	16	4.5	5.4	32
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X	$279	6	12	3.9	5.4	32

Frequently asked questions

How much does the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X cost?

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X has a US price of $230 (Current US street price $230.00 per PassMark/cpubenchmark.net ('Last Price Change: $230.00 USD (2026-07-03)'). This is a post-launch street price, not the original September 2022 launch MSRP. The AMD official product page lists no price. Launch MSRP ($399) was not sourced from any fetched page, so it is not used.), as of 2026-07-07.