The Ryzen 9 9950X3D maintains the high boost clocks of the 9950X but adds an extra L3 cache chip to boost performance—and it delivers.

For Ryzen 9000X3D, AMD tucked the extra L3 cache at the bottom of the die, rather stacking it on top—and that allowed the company to run more electricity through the chips. Accordingly, this new ...

With the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D just a few days away, the first price leaks are already here -- and it's not looking good.

AMD also recently told us that it has a new X3D driver update in the works, which it claims will reduce the latency issues seen on the 7950X3D that result from only one chip having the extra 3D V ...

On paper, that's the same as the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. However, the 9950X3D differs in two key areas: It includes AMD's second-generation V-cache, and it is no longer power-constrained compared to the ...

Like the 7950X3D and 7900X3D, these new X3D chips combine a pair of AMD's CPU chiplets, one that has the extra 64MB of cache stacked underneath it and one that doesn't. For the 7950X3D ...

AMD’s older models such as the Ryzen 9 7950X3D use a slower, older architecture and feature lower frequencies due to their use of first generation 3D V-Cache. Finally, Intel has the Core i9 ...

At its CES 2025 event today, AMD unveiled its flagship X3D processor of this generation, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. This succeeds the 7950X3D and has a similar core configuration. As such, the 9950X3D ...

We don’t currently know the official pricing of AMD’s wonder CPU, but it’s likely to be around the same as its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, at $699.