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AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Gets an $899 Price Tag Ahead of April 22 Launch
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AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Gets an $899 Price Tag Ahead of April 22 Launch

AMD will launch the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 desktop processor at $899 on April 22, pricing it $200 above the previous 9950X3D and $300 above Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K. The 16-core chip features 208MB total cache, a 200W TDP, and support for AM5 motherboards. AMD claims 5–13% faster performance in creator and data-science workloads versus its predecessor. Gaming benchmarks have not been released.
April 9, 2026

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