Thursday, April 9th 2026
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition MSRP is $899
Ahead of its April 22 retail availability, AMD confirmed the U.S. MSRP (pre-tax) pricing of its upcoming flagship desktop processor, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition. The chip comes with an AMD MSRP of $899, or $200 higher than the launch MSRP of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. This doesn't necessarily mean that the processor will be available to buy at $899, retailers could mark the chip further up, and taxes could push its street price above the $1,000-mark. At launch, the processor will be sold both as retail PIB (processor in box) packages, as well as part of pre-built gaming desktops by popular OEMs and systems integrators.
The Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition is a 16-core/32-thread processor powered by "Zen 5" microarchitecture and 3D V-Cache technology, with stacked 3D V-Cache on both its 8-core chiplets, resulting in an on-package L3 cache of 192 MB, and a total cache (L2+L3) of 208 MB. In comparison, the 9950X3D only has 3D V-Cache on one of its two CCDs, and relies on software-based OS scheduler guidance to ensure gaming workloads are directed to the CCD with 3D V-Cache. Besides cache, the 9950X3D2 Dual Edition is mostly similar to the 9950X3D, except its maximum boost frequency is 5.60 GHz, or 100 MHz lower than the 9950X3D; and it comes with a higher TDP of 200 W, compared to 170 W of the 9950X3D. While technically compatible with any Socket AM5 motherboard, support requires UEFI firmware updates from motherboard vendors.
Source:
HotHardware
The Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition is a 16-core/32-thread processor powered by "Zen 5" microarchitecture and 3D V-Cache technology, with stacked 3D V-Cache on both its 8-core chiplets, resulting in an on-package L3 cache of 192 MB, and a total cache (L2+L3) of 208 MB. In comparison, the 9950X3D only has 3D V-Cache on one of its two CCDs, and relies on software-based OS scheduler guidance to ensure gaming workloads are directed to the CCD with 3D V-Cache. Besides cache, the 9950X3D2 Dual Edition is mostly similar to the 9950X3D, except its maximum boost frequency is 5.60 GHz, or 100 MHz lower than the 9950X3D; and it comes with a higher TDP of 200 W, compared to 170 W of the 9950X3D. While technically compatible with any Socket AM5 motherboard, support requires UEFI firmware updates from motherboard vendors.
52 Comments on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition MSRP is $899
Anyway, looking forward seeing the reviews.
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The price on these will plummet in a few months as the hype train builds up for Zen 6.
Can the review also include the bios version, too?
Thanks
But if you really wanna flex, why upgrade?
Buy a whole system for each CPU gen, gotta collect 'em all, right?Bro why you gotta have common sense like that?
It's such a buzzkill, pragmatism is so depressing...
Also, if asrock boards are frying normal x3d chips, this could be bad
But, your average gamer will not see much benefit from this
Since the AM5 ecosystem can be reused, there is also little more that needs to be developed to enter the performance middle ground just below Threadripper.
I said it a few years ago, people said ur stupid to think CPUs will ever go near 1000. Look where we are. Same way smartphones were not gonna go past 500 bucks lol. I also called that one and people said nobody would spend 1000 on a phone. I guess people were sooo wrong for that one too. There is a reason why Asus aint gone as a company. Gone as in bankrupt. They overprice stuff BIG!!!! time!!!! Asus RTX 5080 is 1700-1800 euro here. Every other 5080 is around 1150-1300. They were selling 5070ti for the price of 5080, 4070 for the price of 4070ti etc. I can keep on going. Most expensive monitors too. Any other brand is a TON cheaper. IPS high refreshrate? Most pricy. OLED? Most pricy... rather get GB/MSI or even LG. Samsung even! It just makes Asus look like a scam company.
Anyways. Do i dare predict $2000 CPUs? Now that sounds too crazy even to me...