AMD loves to build to a crescendo. As it’s shown since 2016 ... We’ll start with a look at how the Ryzen 9 9950X stacks up against its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. For productivity, our ...

It's not a million miles ahead of the last generation 7800X3D or 7950X3D—after all, Zen 5 wasn't a momentous change in AMD architecture. But it is much faster in professional workloads ...

AMD also recently told us that it has a new X3D driver update in the works, which it claims will reduce the latency issues seen on the 7950X3D that result from only one chip having the extra 3D V ...

Like the 7950X3D and 7900X3D, these new X3D chips combine a pair of AMD's CPU chiplets, one that has the extra 64MB of cache stacked underneath it and one that doesn't. For the 7950X3D ...

That lets AMD increase the base clock speed of the 9950X3D by 100Hz (compared to 2023’s 7950X3D) to squeeze out ... most powerful CPU for your next PC build. A weekly newsletter by David Pierce ...

AMD’s older models such as the Ryzen 9 7950X3D use a slower, older architecture and feature lower frequencies due to their use of first generation 3D V-Cache. Finally, Intel has the Core i9 ...

Unlike the Ryzen 9 7950X3D that preceded ... For a pure gaming PC build, though, you’re probably better off saving that extra $220 for a better graphics card. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D is an ...