The flagship dual X3D processor appears to have reached some vendors, and while AMD didn't confirm the launch date, the launch could happen soon.
ASUS's Tony Review of Ryzen 7 9850X3D Accidentally Shows AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual X3D Chip Folder
AMD's new flagship Zen 5 chip might be around the corner, but we got an early glimpse of the processor's existence. AMD did confirm the processor's coming indirectly at CES, but it hasn't talked much about it yet. The processor was recently spotted in a review by ASUS's General Manager of China, Tony, who was testing the recently launched AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D. The processor takes the place of the 9800X3D as the fastest gaming processor, but what many missed, the review by Tony had the confirmation of its bigger sibling.
As spotted by @9550pro, the review briefly exposes a folder on Tony's test system, which was saved by the name "9950X3DV2". While it confirms the processor's existence, is it possible that the new chip will be called Ryzen 9 9950X3DV2 instead of 9950X3D2? We will soon find out, but it appears that Tony has already been testing out the flagship AMD Zen 5 chip on his test bench.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 brings the same 16-core/32-thread configuration as the 9950X3D, but we have an additional X3D L3 cache chiplet on the second CCD. This makes it the first and only processor to have 64 MB L3 cache chiplets on both the CCD dies. So, instead of 128 MB of L3 cache, the 9950X3D2 will have 192 MB of cache size. It's expected that the CPU will boost up to 5.6 GHz (100 MHz lower than 9950X3D). The base clock is expected to be the same as the 9950X3D, and the same goes for the integrated graphics, bringing 2x Compute Units based on RDNA 2 architecture.
The TDP is, however, said to have touched 200 W, roughly 30 W higher than the 9950X3D, but we will wait for AMD's confirmation. As far as the performance goes, we saw a couple of benchmarks recently, but mostly on Geekbench. The processor outperformed the Ryzen 9 9950X3D by a noticeable margin in the multi-threaded test in one of those. However, we are more interested in seeing its performance in gaming.
AMD Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPUs Specs:
| CPU Name | Architecture | Cores / Threads | Base / Boost Clock | Cache | Graphics (Integrated) | Memory Support | TDP | Price (MSRP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | Zen 5 | 16/32 | 4.3 / 5.6 GHz | 192 MB L3 + 16 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 200W | $899 |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | Zen 5 | 16/32 | 4.3 / 5.7 GHz | 128 MB L3 + 16 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 170W | $699 |
| Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D | Zen 5 | 16/32 | 4.3 / 5.5 GHz | 128 MB L3 + 16 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 170W | TBD |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | Zen 5 | 16/32 | 4.3 / 5.7 GHz | 64 MB L3 + 16 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 170W | $599 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X3D | Zen 5 | 12/24 | 4.4 / 5.5 GHz | 128 MB L3 + 12 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 120W | $599 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | Zen 5 | 12/24 | 4.4 / 5.6 GHz | 64 MB L3 + 12 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 120W | $469 |
| Ryzen 9 PRO 9945 | Zen 5 | 12/24 | 3.4 / TBD GHz | 64 MB L3 + 12 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | TBD |
| Ryzen 7 9850X3D | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 4.7 / 5.6 GHz | 96 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 120W | $499 |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 4.7 / 5.2 GHz | 96 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 120W | $479 |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 3.8 / 5.5 GHz | 32 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W/105W | $299 |
| Ryzen 7 9700F | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 3.8 / 5.5 GHz | 32 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | N/A | DDR5-5600 | 65W | $249 |
| Ryzen 7 PRO 9745 | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 3.8 / TBD GHz | 32 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | TBD |
| Ryzen 5 9600X3D | Zen 5 | 6/12 | TBD | 96 MB L3 + 6 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | TBD |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | Zen 5 | 6/12 | 3.9 / 5.4 GHz | 32 MB L3 + 6 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W/105W | $199 |
| Ryzen 5 PRO 9645 | Zen 5 | 6/12 | 3.9 / TBD GHz | 32 MB L3 + 6 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | TBD |
| Ryzen 5 9600 | Zen 5 | 6/12 | 3.8 / 5.2 GHz | 32 MB L3 + 6 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | $189 |
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