Built for Developers and Content Creators, Not Gamers, AMD Officially Reveals the $899 Price Tag of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

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By Peter Brosdahl

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The wait is over as AMD has officially announced the price for its next flagship processor designed for professional use. Recently, it was speculated that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 dual edition CPU might go on sale in the U.S. for as high as $1,000, but it turns out folks will instead be able to snag it for $899. That’s right, a whopping $100 less than previously estimated. By comparison, its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, launched with an $699 MSRP, which means we now know the cost of adding a 2nd 96 MB L3 cache amounts to $200. AMD VP & GM of Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics, David McAfee, posted on social media the final price of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 but also clarified that it is intended as a workstation part for developers and content creators needing a powerful processor capable of handling complex workloads and datasets.

Those eager to get a hold of AMD’s first processor to feature dual 3D cache memory for each CCD need not wait much longer, as it will launch in a couple of weeks on April 22. The 16-core / 32-thread package clocks in slightly slower than its single 3D V-Cache predecessor at 5.6 GHz vs 5.7 GHz, but AMD has said it is unlocked for overclocking. Users have been advised to use liquid cooling for best performance with the 200W TDP CPU.

This very likely marks the last Zen 5 AM5 flagship release as AMD readies Zen 6 for launch. AMD has yet to provide official specifications for Zen 6, but ongoing rumors suggest it could at long last expand beyond 8 cores / 16 threads CCDs with upwards of 12 cores / 24 threads. Other rumors have also hinted that 3D V-Caches could be raised higher than the 96 MB configurations seen in multiple generations of X3D processors. It’s thought that AMD will reveal Zen 6 in the fall with a possible official event at next year’s CES. However, anything could happen, and with Computex right around the corner, we just might get some word of it then.

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Peter Brosdahl
As a child of the 70’s I was part of the many who became enthralled by the video arcade invasion of the 1980’s. Saving money from various odd jobs I purchased my first computer from a friend of my dad, a used Atari 400, around 1982. Eventually it would end up being a lifelong passion of upgrading and modifying equipment that, of course, led into a career in IT support.

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