A new leaked PassMark benchmark has revealed what appears to be AMD's next 3D V-Cache processor, the Ryzen 7 9700X3D, a new CPU to refresh the company's mid-range gaming lineup. The listing shows it is an eight-core, 16-thread Zen 5 CPU with 96 MB of L3 cache and a boost clock of up to 5.8 GHz, however, that figure is likely from early testing or overclocked conditions. The 9700X3D scored 4,687 points in single-threaded and 40,438 points in multithreaded benchmarks. That's about 1-5% ahead of the existing Ryzen 7 9800X3D. With the Ryzen 7 9700X3D, AMD might follow the same path as the 5700X3D, offering slightly lower clocks and price while maintaining strong gaming performance.

It's also rumored, as we reported earlier, that AMD is developing a higher-end Ryzen 7 9850X3D (120 W, 8 cores, 16 threads, 96 MB L3 cache, 5.6 GHz/4.7 GHz), a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (200 W, 16 cores, 32 threads, 192 MB L3 cache, 5.6 GHz/4.3 GHz), and an entry-level Ryzen 5 7500X3D (65 W, 6 cores, 12 threads, 96 MB L3 cache). With CES 2026 just two months away, we can expect AMD to release some of these now-rumored CPUs there, if not all four of them.

Update Nov 8th: This PassMark benchmark has been identified as a faked result. Redditors used Linux commands to submit spoofed identification data, using a standard 9700X, apparently to see if it was possible. The higher clocks than the 9800X3D would be unusual for a lower binned X3D part. Many news sites reported on the story, and the shenanigans serve as a warning regarding trusting the veracity of unverified benchmarks.