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(Image credit: AMD) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google AMD is reportedly planning a Ryzen 9000X3D refresh for CES 2026, possibly in the form of two SKUs: a dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 and a relatively modest Ryzen 7 9850X3D, the successor to the current-gen 9800X3D. We already know a lot about the latter , but today it was spotted on a few retailers for the first time, giving us an early hint at its price — though nothing's confirmed.
The CPU was spotted at SHI , an American retailer that listed it for $553.09, and a Swedish retailer called Ordeflow.ch, which put it up for 473.55 CFH (in a now deleted post), which comes out to around $595 USD. Those are clearly very high numbers, especially when you compare them to the $479 MSRP that the 9800X3D launched at. Searching the part numbers mentioned on SHI's listing doesn't bring up any further details either.
Image credit: Future Image credit: Future For some context, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is likely to be a routine mid-cycle bump, bringing slightly higher clocks to an otherwise unchanged spec sheet. We're looking at rumored 5.6 GHz max clock speeds, up from 5.2 GHz on the 9800X3D. Everything else is reportedly identical, including the 8-core/16-thread design, 96 MB of L3 cache (aided by 3D V-Cache), and 120W TDP.
AMD's unreleased Ryzen 7 9850X3D shows up on Geekbench, scores amicably against 9800X3D with 5.6 GHz boost clocks
Upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D has 120W TDP, leaked shipping manifest states
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- 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#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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