AMD is introducing an improved model of its common Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor at this time at CES. The brand new Ryzen 7 9850X3D affords up the identical 8-core / 16-thread CPU because the 9800X3D, working at even quicker increase clocks.
“We’ve fine-tuned our greatest gaming processor on the planet and have elevated the increase clocks to five.6GHz,” says Rahul Tikoo, the pinnacle of AMD’s consumer CPU enterprise, in a briefing with The Verge. The increase clock on the 9850X3D is 400MHz larger than the usual 9800X3D, and it maintains the identical 120-watt TDP. It’s basically a better-binned model of the 9800X3D, and the way a lot quicker it’s over the prevailing chip will fluctuate on a game-by-game foundation.
“We’re seeing within the ballpark of about 7 % efficiency delta between the 9800X3D and the 9850X3D,” says Tikoo. “If you have a look at frequency-sensitive titles like many esports video games, we’ll see 5 % plus uplift in efficiency,” whereas AAA video games received’t see a lot of a distinction in any respect.
Naturally, AMD couldn’t resist additionally evaluating the 9850X3D to Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K, which not solely didn’t beat the most recent Zen 5 X3D chips but additionally didn’t examine nicely towards Intel’s personal earlier 14900K flagship in gaming.
“The Ryzen 7 9850X3D unlocks efficiency, delivering a mean of 27 % uplift versus our opponents throughout a subset of greater than 35 video games,” says Tikoo. AMD claims its 9850X3D is 60 % quicker than Intel’s Core Extremely 9 285K in Baldur’s Gate 3 and greater than 45 % quicker in each Hogwarts Legacy and Counter-Strike 2.
AMD can also be going to proceed promoting the 9800X3D alongside the brand new 9850X3D, with the 16-core / 32-thread 9950X3D nonetheless the highest flagship processor of the Ryzen 9000 sequence. AMD is planning to launch the 9850X3D within the first quarter of 2026, however the firm isn’t revealing pricing simply but. We’ll get pricing and precise availability nearer to the on-shelf date.
