Following the unveiling of the Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors at Computex 2024, AMD announced the Ryzen 9 9950X3D desktop processor at CES 2025, targeting premium gaming and content creation performance with a peak clock speed of 5.7 GHz. The company also teased the upcoming Ryzen 9 9955HX3D laptop processor, codenamed “Fire Range.”
The Ryzen 9 9950X3D desktop processor features 16 Zen 5 cores with a maximum clock speed of 5.7 GHz, second-generation V-Cache technology, and a total cache capacity of 144MB, delivering exceptional gaming and content creation performance. Its thermal design power (TDP) is rated at 170W.
In benchmarks across 40 games, including Black Myth: Wukong, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D demonstrated an average performance increase of 8% at 1080p compared to its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, and a 20% improvement over Intel’s Core i9-285K. For tasks involving Blender and 20 other applications and performance tests, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D showed an average uplift of 13% over the previous generation and 10% compared to the Core i9-285K.
In addition to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, AMD plans to release the Ryzen 9 9900X3D desktop processor in the first quarter of this year. This model features 12 cores, a maximum clock speed of 5.5 GHz, a total cache capacity of 140MB, and a TDP of 120W.
AMD also previewed the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D laptop processor, slated for release in the first half of the year. It includes 16 Zen 5 cores, a maximum clock speed of 5.4 GHz, a total cache capacity of 144MB, and a TDP of 54W.
Furthermore, AMD will introduce the Ryzen 9 9955HX and Ryzen 9 9850HX laptop processors within the same timeframe. The Ryzen 9 9955HX shares the same 16-core Zen 5 design and 5.4 GHz maximum clock speed as the 9955HX3D but reduces the cache to 80MB. Meanwhile, the Ryzen 9 9850HX is equipped with 12 Zen 5 cores, a maximum clock speed of 5.2 GHz, and a total cache of 76MB. Both processors feature a TDP of 54W and are expected to cater to a wide range of high-performance laptop designs.
