AMD says “stay tuned” when asked about the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 at CES
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is MIA at CES 2026
At CES 2026, AMD unveiled its Ryzen 7 9850X3D gaming CPU. If you’ve been keeping up with the PC hardware rumour mill, you will know that AMD is reportedly working on two Ryzen 9000 X3D CPUs, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. This leads us to a simple question: where is the 9950X3D2?
Computerbase.de visited AMD at CES 2026 and reported that an AMD representative told them to “stay tuned” when asked about the X3D2 CPU. No denial, no “we can’t comment on future products”, just “stay tuned”. They also confirmed that AMD’s Ryzen AI 400 series CPUs would be coming to AM5 in “early Q2”.
AMD’s rumoured Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 features two X3D enhanced CCDs, giving the CPU 192MB of total L3 cache. Today’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPUs feature a single CCD with L3 V-Cache, providing 96MB of L3 Cache on one CCD and 32MB on the other. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU reportedly features the same higher-clocked CCDs as AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D. This change could make the Ryzen 9 9950X3D the fastest AM5 CPU available for all workloads.
Last month, a benchmark leaked for AMD’s 9950X3D2 CPU. This leak came a month after early Ryzen 7 9850X3D benchmark results leaked. This implies that AMD never planned to unveil its 9950X3D2 concurrently with the 9850X3D. It could also mean that AMD plans to unveil its 9950X3D2 CPU in Q2 2026.
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