AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D provides still competition for Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K, particularly when it comes to gaming.

While AMD’s first Zen 5 CPUs disappointed everyone in gaming, the latest X3D versions have more than made up for that. The 9800X3D became the best gaming CPU last year, and now the 9950X3D greatly improves creator workloads while mostly maintaining that stellar gaming performance.

AMD’s newest addition to its Ryzen 9000 CPU lineup delivers top-tier performance for gaming and productivity tasks. Here are the top 4 things you should know.

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | $599.99 at Newegg If you don't quite have the budget for the new flagship, the 9900X3D still gets you the 3D V-cache boost over the original Ryzen 9000 top dog, but comes in $100 cheaper. This CPU sports 12 cores and 24 threads, so you're still getting a lot of horsepower to gallop with.

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AMD's new flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D processers are now available: Zen 5 + 3D V-Cache CPUs for content creators, workstations, gamers.

The CPU review of the Intel AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, with the test rig, content creation benchmarks and much more.

AMD's latest gaming CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and the Ryzen 9 9900X3D, are launching today. Here's where to score one.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

If you're thinking of jumping on the AMD bandwagon for your next upgrade, now is certainly the right time to do so. Alongside the Ryzen 7 9800X3D which debuted earlier this year, AMD has just released its two higher-end Ryzen 9 siblings in the Zen 5 "X3D" stack: the 9950X3D is available for $699 and the 9900X3D is available for $599.