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Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Spec and Price in the United States

AM516 cores / 32 threads

Released April 22, 2026 · $899.00 MSRP

The first Ryzen with 3D V-Cache stacked on both eight-core chiplets, rather than the single chiplet the standard 9950X3D stacks it on, reaching 208MB of total cache across the same sixteen Zen 5 cores and 32 threads, at a slightly lower 5.6GHz boost clock. AMD positions it for developers and creators working through heavy compiles, large-scale simulations and memory-intensive workflows rather than for gamers, where a single chiplet's cache pool already covers most game engines. Feeding the extra V-Cache costs 30W over the 9950X3D's TDP, and like the rest of the X3D line it ships without a bundled cooler.

Tied 10th of 65 models in the CPU catalog on Boost clock — 7 models share this figure. 3rd of 65 models in the CPU catalog on L3 cache.

Current best price
$899.00at Newegg · captured 2026-09-15View at Newegg

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Price history

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Specifications

Cores
16
Threads
32
Socket
AM5
Boost clock
5.6 GHz
Base clock
4.3 GHz
L3 cache
192 MB
L2 cache
16 MB
TDP
200 W
Integrated graphics
Yes
Architecture
Zen 5
Process node
TSMC 4nm FinFET
Integrated GPU
AMD Radeon Graphics
Memory support
DDR5-5600
PCIe generation
5
PCIe lanes
24
Unlocked
Yes
Included cooler
No

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What owners and reviewers say

Summarised from 2 source(s), reviewed September 14, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices

Commonly praised

  • Reviewers found it takes the top slot in their multithreaded rankings, roughly 4% ahead of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and about 7% ahead of the 9950X in heavily threaded rendering and encoding work.
  • It matches the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in gaming while being the first desktop processor to stack 3D V-Cache on both of its CCDs.
  • The largest gains showed up in specialized, memory-intensive workloads, where some results improved by double digits, and the chip stays unlocked for overclocking.
  • Owners upgrading from the single-cache model say the dual-cache design ends the thread-scheduling and core-parking fuss, removing the need for third-party tools.
  • It is described as strong for both gaming and heavy productivity, with the second cache helping specific workloads.
  • Setup is reported as simple, with owners saying it works out of the box once chipset drivers are installed.

Commonly criticised

  • At $899 it was judged poor value for all but a very narrow set of buyers.
  • It regresses slightly in single-threaded tasks and draws substantially more power, peaking near 250W in applications and higher under AVX stress.
  • The premium price is a recurring complaint, and owners say upgrading from the previous X3D chip is hard to justify for gaming alone.
  • Gaming gains over the previous X3D chips are described as minimal despite the higher cost and power draw.
  • Some owners report stability teething on newer chipsets and note that the two compute dies are not equally binned.

Sources behind this summary

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.