AMD Announces Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition Desktop Processor with 192 MB L3 Cache

AMD today launched the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition Socket AM5 desktop processor. This processor is positioned above the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, and is the much awaited implementation of 3D V-Cache memory on both CCDs (CPU complex dies) of the processor. The 16-core/32-thread processor is based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture, and features a total of 192 MB of shared L3 cache—that’s 32 MB of on-die L3 cache plus 64 MB of 3D V-Cache that’s contiguous with it, across both CCDs. This enables the maximum possible gaming performance, as worker threads of the game can be located on either of the two CCDs and benefit from large last-level cache. The base clock is 4.30 GHz, with a boost clock of 5.60 GHz—100 MHz lower boost than the 9950X3D, and the same clocks as the 9850X3D—no word if these are the same for each CCD.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition is positioned to be a 16-core Zen 5 Flagship part, and to ensure the chip has not just the most cache, but also the highest possible clock speeds in the series, and retain its overclocking capabilities, AMD expanded the TDP of the processor to 200 W—the highest ever for an AMD Ryzen part. AMD is offering gaming performance rivaling its latest Ryzen 7 9850X3D part, but with significantly improved productivity performance in applications with large cached data-sets, such as software development, AI training and inferencing, and video production. The company’s first-party productivity benchmarks show the 9950X3D2 post significant single-digit percentage gains over the 9950X3D. AMD did not announce price, but said that the 9950X3D2 Dual Edition will be available from April 22, 2026.

Known specifications of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition follow.