AMD, Ryzen and CPUs
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In addition to updated Ryzen AI 300 series processors and the new Ryzen AI 400 series unveiled at CES 2026, the company brings a new desktop chip for gamers.
It's not the first Zen 5 X3D processor that AMD has released that's faster than the 9800X3D, though. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D has two core chiplets (CCDs), one with 3D V-cache, and one without. When it comes to boost clocks, the latter can hit 5.7 GHz, whereas the former topped out at 5.5 GHz in the tests I carried out in my review of the 9950X3D.
AMD's CPU binning spree continues with the Ryzen 5 7500X3D, a cut-down, cache-heavy offshoot of the 7800X3D lineage. An OEM chip that somehow landed at retail,
The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X has a tough job, following up from the controversial Ryzen 7000 lineup. Because while the last generation of AMD processors really pushed performance to a new level, it did so while pushing out-of-the-box temperatures sky high – a ...
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With eight cores, AMD's game-changing 3D V-Cache tech, and boosted clock speed the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is set to take the frame rate crown.
The Ryzen 9 9950X3D is arguably the most tantalizing entry in AMD’s line of 3D V-Cache processors to date. Cache is essential to modern processors, but exactly how much you need is debatable, and dependent on what you're doing at the moment. The ...
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The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X arrives at a time when CPUs have been too hot and too power-hungry for a couple of years. Chips from both Intel and AMD have faced severe overheating problems, but this CPU is part of the answer to the problem. It doesn’t feature ...
TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D processors, featuring Zen 5 architecture, launch on March 12, with reviews on March 11. The 9950X3D has 16 cores, 32 threads, and 144MB cache, priced at $699, while the 9900X3D has 12 cores, 24 threads, and 140MB ...