It's real, and if you have been waiting to upgrade your AM4 system, you will soon be able to upgrade to the fastest gaming processor in the Ryzen 5000 lineup.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10-Year AM4 Anniversary Edition Retail Box Surfaces Online; Slightly New Packaging, but the Same Chip Inside
After all, the return of Ryzen 7 5800X3D is real, and it's happening soon. Yesterday, we reported that AMD's first-ever X3D processor is making a comeback after having been discontinued last year unexpectedly. Today, we also got to see its retail box, which confirms that the 10-Year AM4 Anniversary edition is real.
This was posted by the same leaker @9550pro, who showed how a retail box for the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10-Year AM4 Anniversary edition will look. The box design is largely identical to the original except for the Anniversary branding at the bottom. The processor is reportedly arriving in Q2 2026, which means AMD can announce it anytime from now.
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10 Year AM4 Anniversary edition will carry the same specifications as its original launch. So, expect it to feature the same Zen 3 architecture, 8-core/16-thread configuration, up to 4.5 GHz, and 96 MB of total L3 cache. It's the first-ever Ryzen chip to get the 3D V-Cache technology, which boosted its L3 cache from 32 MB to 96 MB with the utilization of a dedicated L3 cache chiplet.
Due to this arrangement, the 5800X3D was easily beating all the higher-end Ryzen 5000 CPUs in gaming and goes toe-to-toe with Ryzen 7000 series. With the availability of Ryzen 7 5800X3D, AM4 owners can upgrade from non-X3D or older Ryzen chips to enhance their system's gaming capabilities. At 1080p, the processor will be particularly beneficial when paired with high-end GPUs, and given the incredibly high DDR5 prices, DDR4-based AM4 platform can live even longer now.
We hope AMD doesn't increase its price, but it's unlikely to see it getting relaunched for anything less than $250.
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