- Retailers in Canada and the UK have listed the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition at prices near €1,000, which is roughly 40% higher than the current flagship.
- This new 16-core chip features a massive 192 MB of L3 cache, though it operates at slightly lower clock speeds than the standard 9950X3D.
- The increased cache forces the power draw up to 200W.
Early listings of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition have been spotted in Canadian and UK stores, and they defy your expectations of having a reasonable price. We’re talking about €1,000, which is a significant leap from the €685 you’d already be spending on the current flagship, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. The question is whether it is worth the €1,000 price tag.
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition was priced in Canada by a popular Canadian retailer, PC-Canada.com, between $1,373.99 and $1,375 Canadian dollars. This equals to around €856, or $985 including VAT. Meanwhile, in the UK, it was priced at £905.82, which equates to €1,040 or $1,200 plus tax. While this does not confirm the exact pricing, both retailers believe it will be approximately €1,000.
The suggested retail price will be revealed on April 22nd, the day of release. According to speculation, the suggested retail price for this CPU will be $799, which is roughly €950 to €1,000 in Europe.
This would make it approximately 40% more expensive than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Its predecessor, the 9950X3D, was released with a suggested retail price of $699 or €769 in Europe. However, it is currently on sale for approximately €685.
It’s worth remembering that processor prices have been rising as both AMD and Intel prioritize CPU manufacturing for servers and AI data centers. These processors are far more profitable because they can be sold at much higher prices in an industry willing to pay them.
About the specifications of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, it remains a 16-core, 32-thread CPU built on the AMD Zen 5 architecture. It has a base clock speed of 4.30 GHz and a turbo clock rate of 5.60 GHz. This means it is 100 MHz slower than its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D.
The key difference from its smaller sibling is the inclusion of 192 MB of L3 cache, as opposed to 128 MB in the 9950X3D. However, this increased cache memory comes at a price: it raises the base TDP from 170W to 200W. This has already led EK Water Blocks to recommend a high-end water-cooling system or a custom liquid-cooling configuration.
The marketing for this CPU isn’t really convincing, as it only promises an average performance improvement of 7%, with up to 13% in AI. This shows that increasing the cache RAM has not resulted in significant gains in gaming performance. A technology previously pushed only to gamers will now be pitched as an upgrade for workstations.
Regardless of all this information, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition’s performance under continuous loads remains to be seen. This is because it will be highly reliant on cooling, and this CPU is likely to be the hottest in the company’s portfolio.
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