There’s a lot of information, some of it contradictory, circulating about the next Ryzen 9000X3Ds, in particular about their 3D V-cache memory configuration. However, one thing seems to be becoming increasingly certain, and that’s the arrival of the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X3D for next January. For the record, the former will have 12 cores and 24 threads, while the 9950X3D will have 16 cores and 32 threads. To be more precise about the timetable, as planned, the new X3D versions will be announced at CES 2025 in early January. The commercial launch is scheduled for a few weeks later, at the end of January.
3D V-cache on a single CCD, like the previous generation
These two new chips include the same 2nd-generation V-Cache technology and full overclocking support. On the other hand, AMD will use the same design as the previous generation for these 2-CCD processors ( 2x 6 cores for the first and 2 x 8 cores for the second ), “only” adding V-Cache on one of the 2 CCDs. Obviously, this choice (which has not yet been made official and remains a rumor) is a little disappointing for those who were eagerly awaiting these future processors. It’s worth remembering that for the previous generation 7000X3D dual CCD, AMD had to implement algorithms to prioritize task processing on the CCD with V-cache, for games in particular, and redirect the others to the second CCD.
The solution will undoubtedly be interesting for gaming, but those hoping for an ultra-versatile 9950X3D for “creative” tasks such as image or video processing are left to wait and see. Staying with rumors, the latest indication of the performance of this future Ryzen 9 9950X3D compared to its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, promises a 63.77% performance improvement in an admittedly very specific benchmark…
