AMD has next-generation X3D processors planned as successors to its Ryzen 9000 CPUs, but they’re rumored to stick with the same configuration as the current 7000X3D chips, with the same models available and the same amount of 3D V-Cache.
The 3D V-Cache is the special ingredient that makes an X3D processor and helps make it faster for certain tasks, most notably PC gaming, but Team Red will be sticking to the same loadouts for the Ryzen 9000X3D, or so Wccftech believes.
The tech website reports that this comes from the usual anonymous sources (so remain skeptical, as ever) who have also released details about the chips that will make up the next-generation Zen 5 3D V-Cache offerings.
There is said to be a trio of processors, consisting of the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D (16 cores), Ryzen 9 9900X3D (12 cores), and Ryzen 7 9800X3D (8 cores).
Since AMD is sticking with the current-generation cache specs, this means the 9800X3D theoretically features 64MB of 3D V-Cache and 96MB of L3 cache in total.
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That processor lineup is, as expected, real, and sticks to the current formula for the three available X3D chips. Mind you, the 9900X3D has raised some eyebrows, as the 7900X3D wasn’t well-received (as we noted in our review back in the day, there are reasons why the 12-core variant didn’t make sense).
However, the news surrounding the amount of 3D V-Cache being used in the 9000X3D and that Team Red would reportedly continue using the same loadouts is more surprising, especially given previous speculation that AMD could boost the cache.
But even if 9000X3D processors turn out exactly as whispered here, that doesn’t mean they won’t be faster than 7000X3D. It’s a new generation of silicon, and AMD needs to make sure its processors are faster – that’s a given.
Architectural improvements give the 9000X3D CPUs a clear edge over current-gen 3D V-Cache, and we’ve already heard that AMD has other tricks up its sleeve to make its best gaming CPUs even faster.
Consider that AMD marketing director Donny Woligroski has already said that the Ryzen 9000X3D has some “really, really cool updates” and that “we’re working on iterating on it and not just rehashing it,” so those are promising hints indeed.
These additional features will likely include overclocking and the ability to manually boost X3D for the first time ever (no doubt subject to some limitations depending on how 3D V-Cache works).
If the rumors are true, the 9000X3D processors could be coming much sooner than we thought. Perhaps as early as September.
