AMD Retakes Gaming CPU Performance Crown

AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D arrives as a modest Zen 5 refresh, offering a 7.6% higher peak clock (5.6GHz) and a small price increase while retaining eight cores and 16 threads. The chip pairs a 64MB 3D V-Cache (96MB L3 total) with a 120W TDP, producing top gaming frame rates and reducing dependence on faster DDR5 memory. Its performance gains are notable in CPU-limited scenarios but remain incremental compared to the 9800X3D.