AMD to refresh its X3D lineup with 9850X3D and 9950X3D2 models

AMD’s making faster Zen 5 X3D gaming CPUs with boosted clock speeds – leaker claims

AMD’s reportedly working on new Ryzen 9000 X3D gaming CPUs, both of which will feature higher boost clocks than their current counterparts. With the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, AMD is boosting their maximum boost clock speed to 5.6 GHz, an increase of 400MHz over the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. That’s a 7.69% increase.

According to chi11ddog, AMD’s also working on a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU. This CPU will feature two chiplets with 3D V-Cache, giving the CPU 192MB of total L3 cache. This should make this new “X3D2” CPU AMD’s fastest gaming CPU. Furthermore, it features a similar maximum boost clock speed to AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D, which has a chiplet with no V-Cache that features a higher boost clock speed.

In effect, AMD appears to have eliminated the clock speed disadvantages of its older X3D CPU designs. With higher clock speeds, AMD will be able to achieve higher levels of single-threaded CPU performance. This should boost the performance of AMD’s new CPUs in all workloads.

New Ryzen coming… 🧐🧐🧐
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 – 200W, 16C32T, 192MB L3 cache, 5.6GHz/4.3GHz.
Ryzen 7 9850X3D – 120W, 8C16T, 96MB L3 cache, 5.6GHz/4.7GHz.

— chi11eddog (@g01d3nm4ng0) October 21, 2025

For AMD, the 9850X3D secures AMD’s position as the world’s top creator of gaming-focused CPUs. The clock speed boost that this CPU features should be more than enough to counter Intel’s rumoured Arrow Lake Refresh. With the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, we will finally see if having two chips with enlarged X3D caches will enable even higher levels of gaming performance. If these rumoured CPUs are real, things are about to get very exciting to team AMD/Ryzen.

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