After the success of the 9800X3D: the next two AMD CPUs are expected to be less spectacular

After the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the next Zen 5 processors with 3D-V cache are ready. They should be available at the end of January – but without one suspected innovation.

A little less than three weeks ago, AMD launched the first Zen 5 processor with 3D-V cache. Of course, we are talking about the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which shot to the top of the gaming CPU charts right at launch and is almost sold out.

Alternatives are on their way: As in the two previous generations, AMD is also working on two other processors with 3D-V cache, which are at least nominally higher than the Ryzen 7 9800 X3D.

• These CPUs are the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, which come with twelve and sixteen cores respectively.
• The rumor mill previously placed the release date of the two Zen 5 CPUs at the beginning of 2025.
• The reliable leaker “AnhPhuH” is now narrowing down the release window further: the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D should be available in stores at the end of January. The leaker was also spot on with his statements about the release of the 9800X3D.

Conceivably, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X3D could be presented at CES 2025, which takes place in Las Vegas from January 7th to 11th, before the actual sales launch with sufficient lead time would follow a few days later,

Probably just one die with 3D cache

Within the comments on the release forecast, AnhPhuH goes into more detail about the architecture of the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D.

The previous reports, according to which the two CPUs on both chiplets will pack a 3D-V cache, are not correct, according to the leaker.

Instead, the processors will look “like in the last generation”, so they will only have the eponymous 3D-V cache on one of the two CCDs.

Same as last gen.

— Hoang Anh Phu (@AnhPhuH) November 23, 2024

• It also follows that the rumors of an overall increase in the size of the L3 cache (from 128 to 192 MB), which were mentioned in the same context, would not be true.
• As usual, AMD’s own scheduler logic will be responsible for assigning video games to the correct processor part in order to get the maximum performance out of it.