The Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been a phenomenal success among what had been a fairly underwhelming Zen 5 lineup – we called it the new gaming

AMD blames poor Intel Arrow Lake gaming performance for AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D stock issues in a CES 2025 executive interview this week.

Now a few weeks later, AMD is pinning the Ryzen 7 9800X3D shortage on Arrow Lake, though perhaps not entirely. During the round table discussion, McAfee called the demand for the 9800X3D "unprecedented" and noted that AMD has been ramping its manufacturing capacity, both for 9800X3D and also the Ryzen 7000X3D series.

AMD announced its Ryzen AI Max processors at CES, ushering in a new series of AMD-based AI PCs and laptops. The chipmaker also unveiled low- and midrange CPUs with AI capabilities, ensuring that buyers with different budgets have a chance to snag an AI PC.

AMD revealed the Ryzen 9 9950X3D for desktop PCs, which the company is calling both the “world’s best gaming processor” and the “world’s best processor for content creation.” On paper, the comparison is brutal: AMD says its new chip is 20 percent faster in gaming than Intel’s Arrow Lake flagship,

If you're in the process of building out a new gaming PC and you're looking for the best gaming processor, this is it. Right now, the recently released AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AM5 desktop processor is back in stock at Amazon at its retail price of $479 shipped.

AMD has already claimed the top slot for gaming CPUs, but the Ryzen 9 9950X3D looks to extend that lead further.

AMD has a used 3D V-Cache a few times now as a way to boost gaming performance on CPUs. So what happens when AMD puts 3D V-Cache on its very best Ryzen 9000-series CPUs to date? The answer is the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D.

AMD has revealed the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D at CES 2025, two top-end gaming processors featuring Team Red's 3D V-Cache technology. These processors follow the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D that launched back in November 2024,