AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2: Who's up for double the power?
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| Source: AMD |
AMD's new monster CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D Dual Edition with double the 3D V-Cache, has finally been officially announced since March 26th and will be available in stores on April 22nd. But what do you think of this "double power"? Hot silicon or cold coffee?
AMD has teased its new Monster CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, with its 3D V cache doubled to 128 MiBytes and a total of 192 MiByte L3 cache, first under the hand at CES 2026 and now finally made it official. But how do the players from the community of the PCGH-X forum feel about AMD's very first "double boom"? Hot silicon or just cold coffee? Now you are in demand!
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition Release Date and Price
Would the total of 208 MiByte caches, which consist of 16 MiByte L2 and 192 MiByte L3 caches (including 128 MiByte 3D V-Cache) and are distributed over two CCDs ("Core Complexe Dies") with 8 Zen-5 processor cores each, be just the right thing for your workload or just the absolute "overkill"? The editors of PCGH are looking forward to every vote cast as well as exciting discussions in the PCGH-X forum. Your opinion about the 9950X3D2 is in demand.
Further information on the new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition can be found in our detailed announcement on the presentation of the CPU as well as on the official product page
Below is the entire portfolio of the five X3D processors for the AM5 socket.
| Processor cores | Clock frequency | L2 cache (3D V-cache) | TDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 16× Zen 5 | Up to 5.6 GHz | 192 MiByte (128 MiByte) | 200 watts |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 16× Zen 5 | Up to 5.7 GHz | 128 MiByte (64 MiByte) | 170 watts |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12× Zen 5 | Up to 5.5 GHz | 128 MiByte (64 MiByte) | 120 watts |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D | 8× Zen 5 | Up to 5.6 GHz | 96 MiByte (64 MiByte) | 120 watts |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 8× Zen 5 | Up to 5.2 GHz | 96 MiByte (64 MiByte) | 120 watts |
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