Rumours have it that AMD currently has two Ryzen 9000 Series CPUs in the pipeline, and that one of said components could be a dual X3D processor.
According to the hardware leakster chi11eddog and their post on X, both CPUs are reportedly based on the Zen5 architecture, with one having 8-cores, and the other with 16-cores. The former is said to have a 120W TDP and 96MB L3 Cache, while the latter requires a hefty 200W, and could boast a 192MB L3 Cache.
On paper, the 8-Core Ryzen 9000 Series CPU sounds like alot like the current 9800X3D, which has led many to speculate that this could be a lower-tier 9700X3D, which isn’t uncommon for AMD’s product roadmap. More importantly, the beefier 16-core model and its 192MB L3 Cache indicate the possibility of the CPU running on two CCDs instead of one. for context, the 9950X3D runs on a 128MB L3 Cache, but only combines one CCD with 3D V-Cache memory, and the other without.
AMD has said that this is by design and that having more 3D V-Cache on more than one CCD would be useless. That said, It’s still early days for whatever this Ryzen 9000 Series CPU is but if we were to go down the route, it wouldn’t be the first time the chipmaker has gone back on its word before.
In any case, the wait-and-see approach is necessary for now, and we’ll keep our ears to the ground for any more news on the subject.
(Source: chi11eddog via X, Videocardz)
