The 9950X3D and 9950X are AMD's two top 16-core CPUs, but do you need the X3D model if you aren't gaming? Let's take a look.

AMD's fierce Ryzen 9 9950X3D delivers a small step up from the Ryzen 9 9950X in CPU performance and a bigger leap in certain gaming scenarios. For discriminating gamers, that justifies this 16-core ...

A Reddit user experienced a concerning problem with AMD's best CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. The chip seems fried, and the PC won't work.

Ethan Liu Another AMD Ryzen 9950X3D has died inside an ASRock motherboard. This marks the second reported instance of that CPU failing in such a way, but it joins over 100 recorded instances of ...

There's still ample demand for high-end desktop (HEDT) processors by professionals who need a boatload of cores to throw at ...

For the past few months, more and more cases of AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs failing in ... it appears to be affecting the newer 9950X3D CPUs as well. The first recorded instance of this comes from ...

Sounds of PR silence After more than 100 Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors keeled over, mostly while paired with ASRock boards, AMD has finally broken its vow of silence—only to point fingers at “memory ...

Best performing Radeon RX 9070 XT PC: As of April 7, this custom MainGear RUSH PC is available for $3,425. It’s equipped with an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 32GB of RAM, and a panoramic Mk ...

Overclocking the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Processor to 6GHz: A Technical Overview The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, launched in March 2025, is a high-performance CPU based on the Zen 5 architecture. This ...

The Ryzen 9 9950X3D is a near twin of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X in almost every detail. Both processors, based on AMD's "Zen 5" architecture, feature 16 CPU cores that can maintain a top speed of 5.7GHz.