In late October, AMD’s data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-planning-monstrous-dual-cache-ryzen-9-9950x3d2-with-192mb-of-game-boosting-l3-cache-according-to-leak” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-planning-monstrous-dual-cache-ryzen-9-9950x3d2-with-192mb-of-game-boosting-l3-cache-according-to-leak”>mid-cycle Zen 5 refresh leaked, giving us a glimpse at two new X3D CPUs the company has in store for data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/ces” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/ces”>CES 2026. One of those was the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/upcoming-amd-ryzen-7-9850x3d-has-120w-tdp-leaked-shipping-manifest-states-zen-5-x3d-refresh-will-maintain-the-same-power-draw-as-9800x3d” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/upcoming-amd-ryzen-7-9850x3d-has-120w-tdp-leaked-shipping-manifest-states-zen-5-x3d-refresh-will-maintain-the-same-power-draw-as-9800x3d”>Ryzen 7 9850X3D, a higher-boosting version of the existing 9800X3D, and data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-upcoming-ryzen-7-9850x3d-spotted-at-swiss-and-u-s-retailers-listings-reveal-preliminary-price-of-usd550-600-significantly-higher-than-9800x3ds-usd449-msrp” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-upcoming-ryzen-7-9850x3d-spotted-at-swiss-and-u-s-retailers-listings-reveal-preliminary-price-of-usd550-600-significantly-higher-than-9800x3ds-usd449-msrp”>which has been featured in several leaks over the past few weeks. The other chip was a lot more mysterious: a supposed dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, but updates on it went radio silent ever since — today, it has finally reappeared on both data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/7115vs6549/AMD-Ryzen-9-9950X3D2-16-Core-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-9950X3D” data-url=”https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/7115vs6549/AMD-Ryzen-9-9950X3D2-16-Core-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-9950X3D” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>PassMark data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/7115vs6549/AMD-Ryzen-9-9950X3D2-16-Core-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-9950X3D” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/7115vs6549/AMD-Ryzen-9-9950X3D2-16-Core-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-9950X3D” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”> and data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/15755183″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/15755183″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Geekbench.
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