AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D processors, codenamed "Zen 5," are set to be released next month, although the exact launch date has not been confirmed. Currently, AMD's 3D V-Cache-equipped Ryzen 9000 CPU series consists of the popular eight-core Ryzen 7 9800X3D model. A recent leak suggests that the lineup may soon expand with the introduction of the sixteen-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D and twelve-core Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPUs, which have appeared on the Geekbench Browser.
Both processors were tested on the same PC platform, using a GIGABYTE X670 AORUS ELITE AX motherboard and 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) of DDR5-4800 MT/s RAM. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D achieved a single-core score of 3363 and a multi-core score of 20,465 in Geekbench 6.3, while the Ryzen 9 9900X3D scored slightly lower with 3274 in single-core and 19,227 in multi-core performance.
Comparisons to previous generation processors show that the upcoming "Zen 5" parts offer an average of 15% improvement in single-core performance and 7% improvement in multi-core performance over their "Zen 4" counterparts. Although the multi-core performance of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU was deemed "lower than expected," optimizations before launch could address this issue.
Geekbench results may not fully represent the actual performance of the processors, as gamers often overlook these benchmarks. An AMD executive previously mentioned that the new X3D Granite Ridge desktop chips are expected to deliver similar gaming performance to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Speculative pricing for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D (16-core) and Ryzen 9 9900X3D (12-core) processors has been leaked online, with prices estimated at $699 and $599 respectively.
