AMD today revealed that it will announce the next generation of Ryzen 9000X3D chips next month, on November 7.
The Ryzen 9000X3D chips are the successor to the previous Ryzen 7000X3D chips, which include very popular models such as the 8-core Ryzen 7 7800X3D along with the 12 and 16 core 7900X3D and the 7950X3D.
The new 9000X3D models will be based on the new AM5 architecture, like other Ryzen 9000 series chips, but will feature the company’s 3D V-cache technology, which includes an additional layer of L3 cache that greatly improves gaming performance.
The timing for this announcement is peculiar; While the 7000X3D chips arrived only five months after the launch of the standard chips, AMD appears to have accelerated the launch of the 9000X3D chips to just three months after the Ryzen 9000 launch in August. This is likely the result of a disappointing response to the 9000 series, which delivered only a small performance improvement over the previous generation, resulting in mediocre sales.
This announcement also comes just a few weeks later Intel announced the next generation of desktop processors. While Intel also isn’t claiming any major leaps in performance over its own previous-generation parts, it was at least quite upfront about it in its slides, something AMD wasn’t. This resulted in most people seeing Intel’s announcement in a favorable light, while for AMD it was largely a rough few months after the launch of the 9000 series, at least in terms of public perception.
The highly anticipated 9000X3D series is the company’s ticket out of the lull it currently finds itself in. If the rumors are true, we may see the 8-core 9800X3D arrive first, even though AMD previously released the 8-core 7800X3D model a month after the other 7000X3D. parts. The 9900X3D and 9950X3D are also said to have 3D V cache on both CCDs this time around, while the previous dual CCD models had this on just one.
As for actual performance, MSI had some leaked slides that gave a fair idea of what to expect. We are essentially looking at the performance of non-X3D variants in terms of productivity, but much higher gaming performance. However, the jump in gaming performance over the 7000X3D chips is not expected to be large. Whether that would be enough to get AMD out of the current situation or whether it will be another 9000 series launch, we will have to wait and see.