The 9850X3D is essentially the same 8-core chip as the current-gen gaming flagship from AMD, the 9800X3D, but with slightly higher boost clocks going from 5.2 GHz to 5.6 GHz. While that's not a significant uplift, it's impressive nonetheless and AMD has managed to achieve it without increasing the chip's power draw,. Everything else, like the 96 MB L3 cache and the iGPU remains unchanged.
The manifest shows an internal date of 18 October 2025, which lines up perfectly with the original leaks that first unveiled the 9850X3D to us. The part number is listed as "100-000001973-00," before which we can see the "120W" mentioned in the name. We don't have pricing or availability yet, but it should be around the $450 mark, now that we know AMD CPUs aren't due for a price hike .
AMD prepping new X3D chip with higher clock speeds
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Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- 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#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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