AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D clock speed reportedly beats 9800X3D, but with a big catch

Two new AMD Ryzen X3D gaming CPUs are reportedly coming soon, with much higher clock speeds than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which launched earlier this year. According to many rumors, the 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D are both set to be announced in January 2025, but information about some of the key specs has now leaked as well.

We were wowed by the performance of the latest 3D V-cache tech in our recent AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, but its clock speed is still relatively low at 5.2GHz, even if you can overclock the 9800X3D easily enough. That’s apparently set to change with the new AMD X3D chips, which reportedly run at the same clock speeds as their non-X3D counterparts, but there’s a big catch.

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