The 9950X3D is king, but don’t rule out the 9950X. If you need a new CPU and want the best of the best at just about everything, the 9950X3D is the processor to go for.

AMD’s new Ryzen 9 9950X3D delivers a final blow to Intel. The 9950X3D is superior in both gaming and creator tasks, making it one of the best CPUs to buy.

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D is the newer option out these two CPUs, launching on March 11, 2025 for a list price of $700. The Core Ultra 9 285K released on October 24, 2024 for a list price of $600.

The Ryzen 9 9950X3D, just like its non-X3D counterpart, has two CCDs, both of which house eight Zen 5 cores. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D, with its eight Zen 5 cores, only has a single CCD.

The 9950X3D is a powerhouse of a desktop processor, with tons of L3 cache to speed up gaming and no compromises for intensive productivity work. The only downside is its relatively high price.

The 9950X3D has a base clock of 4.3GHz and a boost clock of 5.7GHz. On paper, that's hardly a step up from the 7950X3D, but its increased TDP should allow its cores to stay fed for longer.

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2. The 9950X3D continues the Intel beatdown. As we covered in our overview of the 9800X3D last November, AMD’s mid-range X3D chip put the pain on Intel’s best consumer chip, the Core Ultra 9 285K.

Ryzen 9 9950X3D review: AMD irons out nearly every single downside of 3D V-Cache Not a lot of people actually need this thing, but if you do, it's very good.

It’s clear looking at the specifications that the 9950X3D is the big brother of the comparatively-humble 9800X3D. It has double the cores and thread support, more L3 cache, a higher clock speed ...

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Antony Leather. AMD’s new flagship processor, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, will be available to buy from March 12, and today sees tech review websites unpick the benchmark ...

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D is the highest-end 3D V-cached chip from Team Red. The processor has been filled to the brim with the latest Zen 5 hardware and baked to a gaming-ready state.