AMD has introduced that it's releasing its latest Ryzen X3D processors on March 12. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D had been each launched again at CES 2025, and are at the moment essentially the most highly effective gaming-focused processors the corporate sells.
The 9950X3D has 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, a max enhance velocity of 5.7GHz and second-generation 3D V-Cache tech for extra environment friendly efficiency. In distinction, the 9900X3D comes with a extra modest 12 CPU cores and a max enhance velocity of 5.5GHz. AMD's 3D V-Cache tech continues to be the standout characteristic on these chips. The corporate launched 3D V-Cache as a technique of packaging cache modules on high of one another to supplied much less RAM-intensive efficiency. The tech was added to desktop processors first, earlier than coming to laptop computer processors in 2023.
The 9950X3D's 3D V-Cache packaging permits it to be 20 p.c sooner than Intel's Core i9 285K throughout 40 totally different video games, in accordance with stats AMD shared when it introduced the chip. It's additionally speculated to be not less than 10 p.c sooner throughout sure content material creation apps, too. Whenever you bear in mind AMD's not too long ago launched Radeon 9070 GPUs, the corporate has the items that you must make a fairly compelling gaming PC.
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 900X3D might be obtainable to order on March 12. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D will begin at $699 and the Ryzen 9 9900X3D begins at $599.
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