I tracked EU GPU prices across 15 stores for 50+ days - RTX 5090 is the only card not dropping in price

been tracking EU GPU prices since early march - 15 stores, 6-hour scrape cadence, \~126k readings. posting here because the 5090 trend is directly relevant if you're buying for local inference. **the tier divergence** RTX 5090 is the only tier going up. everything else is falling. mid-range AMD cards are down 7-9%. even the 5080 is essentially flat. [https://imgur.com/a/MmSCjKf](https://imgur.com/a/MmSCjKf) tier | n | launch avg | now avg | change --------------+----+------------+----------+------- RTX 5090 | 4 | €3,392 | €3,487 | +3.0% ▲ RTX 5080 | 6 | €1,375 | €1,370 | -0.4% RTX 5070 | 5 | €635 | €627 | -1.3% RTX 5070 Ti | 6 | €1,067 | €1,042 | -2.1% RX 9070 XT | 9 | €755 | €696 | -7.5% RTX 5060 Ti | 6 | €594 | €540 | -9.1% ▼ my read: AI/workstation demand is absorbing 5090 supply fast enough to prevent the usual post-launch normalization. if you're waiting for 5090 prices to drop the way everything else has, the data doesn't support it. **biggest single-model drops** * ASUS Prime RTX 5070 Ti: €1,259 → €964 (-23.4%) * ASUS TUF RTX 5060 Ti: €770 → €608 (-21%) **algorithmic pricing** [notebooksbilliger.de](http://notebooksbilliger.de) recorded 45 distinct prices on a single GPU over 15 days - averaging 3 price changes per day - all within a €0.99 range. constant micro-adjustments, not hunting for a new price point. **methodology** tier comparisons only use models tracked from week 1, so sample per tier is small (4-9 GPUs). directional story is solid, don't over-index on exact percentages. EUR prices only. built this at [pricesquirrel.com](http://pricesquirrel.com) \- tracks GB/€ pricing if you want alerts on specific models.