AMD revealed today that it will announce the next-generation Ryzen 9000X3D chips next month on November 7th.
The Ryzen 9000X3D chips are the successors to the previous Ryzen 7000X3D chips, which included highly popular models like the 8-core Ryzen 7 7800X3D along with the 12 and 16 core 7900X3D and 7950X3D.
The new 9000X3D models will be based on the new AM5 architecture like the other Ryzen 9000 series chips, but will feature the company’s 3D V-Cache technology, which includes an additional layer of L3 cache that vastly improves gaming performance.
The timing of this announcement is strange; While the 7000X3D chips didn’t arrive until five months after the launch of the standard chips, AMD seems to have fast-tracked the launch of the 9000X3D chips, coming in just three months after the launch of the Ryzen 9000 in August. This is likely a result of the underwhelming response to the 9000 series, which offered only minor improvements in performance over the previous generation, resulting in declining sales.
The announcement comes just weeks after Intel announced its next-generation line of desktop processors. While Intel also isn’t claiming a huge leap in performance compared to its previous generation parts, at least it was quite upfront about it in its slides, something that AMD wasn’t. As a result, most people viewed Intel’s announcement favorably, while AMD largely had a difficult few months following the launch of the 9000 series, at least as far as public perception is concerned.
The much-awaited 9000X3D series is the company’s ticket out of the current slump. If the rumors are true, we could see the 8-core 9800X3D arriving first, although previously AMD released an 8-core 7800X3D model a month after the other 7000X3D. parts. The 9900X3D and 9950X3D are said to have 3D V-cache on both CCDs this time, whereas the previous dual CCD models had it on just one.
As far as actual performance is concerned, MSI has some leaked slides showing what to expect. We’re essentially looking at non-X3D variant performance in productivity but with a heavy focus on gaming performance. However, the leap in gaming performance compared to the 7000X3D chips is not expected to be much. Whether this will be enough to get AMD out of its current predicament or whether it will end with another 9000 series launch, we will have to wait and see.
