There’s a huge amount of interest in AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D processors with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D selling out in many areas and the highly anticipated Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D with 12 and 16-cores respectively, could be the CPUs everyone wants in 2025. Thankfully, the availability of these elite gaming processors is becoming clearer, now with a slip by an ASUS China representative (via Videocardz) who has stated AMD will be announcing at least one new Zen 5 3D V-Cache Ryzen 9000 processor at CES in January.
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D And 9900X3D: What don’t we know yet?
The Consumer Electronic Show as it’s otherwise known, falls between Jan 7th and 11th, so assuming AMD will be making the announcement at the event, this should occur either just before the main event at an opening keynote or during the event itself. That means we should know pricing, availability and specifications of the two remaining Ryzen 9000 3D V-Cache models by the end of the second week in January.
As the models haven’t been announced yet despite the launch of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D earlier this month, we have no idea of the actual makeup, pricing or specifications, but going with the Ryzen 7000 series, it’s highly likely we’ll see 12 and 16-core parts. Given how much more potent the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been outside of games this time thanks to its 3D V-Cache being placed under the cores or CCD rather than on top, allowing for higher frequencies, it’s also highly likely that the Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X will be some of the fastest CPUs out there not just in games, but content creation as well.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D And 9900X3D pricing
Pricing has seen little to no movement on the rumor front, but due to stock shortages and users snapping it up quickly, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been retailing for well above it’s launch pricing of $479 and more recently it’s been out of stock almost entirely. That tends to happen when you’ve had an entire year of lacklustre CPU launches and then all of a sudden there’s a really good one available for less than $500.
That situation is unlikely to improve before Christmas, but shortly after the demand may fall a little once more details of the higher core count parts are known, with some users potentially opting for the more powerful Ryzen 9 9900X3D instead, allowing stocks to recover. However, with AMD essentially having no competition unless Intel improves it’s Core Ultra 200 processors with performance updates, especially in gaming seeing as the Ryzen 7 9800X3D was utterly dominant, it would be well within its rights to charge at lot more than the $699 the Ryzen 9 7950X3D cost at launch, while the Ryzen 9 7900X3D cost $599.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D And 9900X3D specifications
We can expect elevated frequencies and identical core counts – 12 and 16 for the 9900X3D and 9950X3D, assuming a similar line-up to the Ryzen 7000 series and also going by what we’ve seen with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The key unknown is whether there are any other changes to the CPU itself, especially the cache.
Early rumors hinted at the 3D V-Cache being split over both of the eight-core CCDs under the hood of the 12 and 16-core models instead of just applied to one, but the latest information points at the same layout as the Ryzen 7000 models, with the cache only located on a single CCD with eight cores having direct access to it.
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