AMD Reportedly Plans Second Radeon GPU Price Increase; GDDR6 Up 8% to 10%
A second Radeon GPU price increase is reportedly coming in November, per Wccftech and Club386, citing ChannelGate. Its size and models are unknown, and AMD has not confirmed it.
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An AMD Radeon 9000-series graphics card, from AMD's Radeon product page. The image does not show a specific model named in the report.
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AMD is reportedly planning a second Radeon GPU price increase in November on the GPU and GDDR6 memory kits it sells to graphics card makers, after a rise that board partners reportedly received in October, according to Wccftech and Club386.
Both outlets trace the report to ChannelGate, a Chinese supply-chain source on WeChat, and PC Games Hardware attributes it to the Board Channels forum. None gives the size of the November increase, and AMD has not confirmed any of it. Club386 says AMD has reportedly raised these bundle prices since December 2025.
The stated cause is memory. ChannelGate says GDDR6 prices rose 8% to 10% in the third quarter of 2026, which Wccftech says is pushing AMD to raise prices again in the fourth quarter. Wccftech adds that it is unclear whether a memory rise of that size would carry through to a similar rise in GPU prices.
How a Kit Price Rise Reaches Radeon Shelves
AMD ships the GPU and its memory to board partners as one kit. The partners add the circuit board and cooler and sell the finished card. Wccftech notes that GPU and memory chips make up a far larger share of a card's procurement cost than the board and cooler, so a small kit increase can move the card price. It expects the effect on retail prices to take a few weeks to appear, mainly on the Radeon RX 9000 series.
What Graphics Card Prices Already Show
Club386 cites a Hardware Unboxed survey of ten countries that found graphics card prices up 11% month on month on average. The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB rose the most, by 17%. That follows a 7% rise in September and 15% in August, Club386 reports. The survey covers cards from all vendors, not only AMD kits, so it does not measure the October increase alone.
Graphics card prices rose 11% in October after 7% in September and 15% in August, all vendors, per Club386 citing Hardware Unboxed.
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The memory squeeze reaches beyond Radeon. Club386 says Intel's Arc B series and NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series face the same inflated prices and thin supply. Voltgrid has also covered the RTX 5080 reaching $1,999 and record DRAM contract prices, the same pressure on memory supply seen from other sides.
What Is Not Confirmed About the Radeon Increase
AMD has made no public statement on either increase. The November amount is unknown, and so is which Radeon models are covered, and PC Games Hardware says the Board Channels post does not list them. Partners may absorb part of the cost or pass all of it to buyers. The report is a supply-chain account relayed by forum posts, so treat it as unverified until AMD or its board partners confirm new prices.
