AMD reveals $899 price tag for Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 — first dual-cache X3D CPU is $200 more expensive than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D
Following retailer listings popping up over the weekend, AMD has made the price of its upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official. The CPU has a suggested retail price of $899, AMD’s David McAfee announced today on X. That’s $200 more than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D released at, and around $230 more than what that chip is selling for now. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is set to arrive at retailers on April 22, and it will slot into existing motherboards with the AM5 socket.
This is AMD’s first dual-cache X3D CPU, where it uses its 3D V-Cache packaging on both eight-core CCDs. Previous chips like the Ryzen 9 9950X3D only feature stacked cache on a single CCD, mainly to keep gaming performance in check, as inter-CCD communication can cause big spikes in latency.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition — Specifications
| CPU | Street (MSRP) | Arch | Cores / Threads (P+E) | P-Core Base / Boost Clock (GHz) | Cache (L2/L3) | TDP | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | $899 | Zen 5 X3D | 16 / 32 | 4.3 / 5.6 | 208MB (16+192) | 200W | DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | $699 | Zen 5 X3D | 16 / 32 | 4.3 / 5.7 | 144MB (16+128) | 170W | DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | $545 ($599) | Zen 5 | 16 / 32 | 4.3 / 5.7 | 80MB (16+64) | 170W | DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X3D | $599 | Zen 5 X3D | 12 / 24 | 4.4 / 5.5 | 140 (12+128) | 120W | DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | $480 | Zen 5 X3D | 8 / 16 | 4.7 / 5.2 | 104MB (8+96) | 120W | DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | $380 ($469) | Zen 5 | 12 / 24 | 4.4 / 5.6 | 76MB (12+64) | 120W | DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | $289 ($329) | Zen 5 | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 5.5 | 40MB (8+32) | 65W | DDR5-5600 |
Although X3D chips like the Ryzen 7 9850X3D are the best CPUs for gaming thanks to their chart-topping frame rates, AMD is billing the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 as a workstation-level chip that is “built for developers and content creators tackling complex workloads and massive datasets.” To that end, AMD hasn’t shared gaming benchmarks for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 yet, instead focusing on application performance.
You can see the early results in the chart above, where AMD claims up to a 13% improvement in data science workloads via SPECWorkstation 4, and about a 5% to 8% jump in other applications. Although we don’t have gaming numbers yet, there’s a good chance we won’t see a significant uplift. Crossing the CCDs is already an issue AMD has had to deal with when it comes to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D, so we don’t expect much on the gaming front.
It won’t be long until we know for sure where the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 lands. The chip is set to hit retailers on April 22.