You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Contents hide AMD has revealed the upcoming flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D will offer comparable performance-wise to the 9800X3D, widely regarded as one of the best gaming CPUs on the market. AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D doesnt beat everything Speaking to VideoGamer, Martijn Boonstra, AMDs Product and Business Development Manager, revealed the company expects to see the both the 9950X3D and 9900X3D to provide similar overall gaming performance to the 9800X3D, despite both incoming CPUs expected to be priced higher. Boonstra went on to say that: There will be some games that perform a bit better (if the game engine utilizes more cores and threads), and some games will perform a little worse (if the game engine favors a 1CCD configuration), but on the whole the experience is comparable.The 9800X3D is very much tailored to the gaming market, offering superb value thanks to its overclocking tolerance. Since its launch in November last year, Overclockers have since managed to push the 9800X3D to a massive 7.4 GHz max clock speed, with a stable 6.9 GHz.Still a force to be reckoned withOn paper, the inbound 9950X3D and 9900X3D, the former of which is very much being positioned as the top of pack and the latter sitting in the middle, edges the 9800X3D by a considerable margin, thanks to a maximum boost frequency of 5.7 GHz, as opposed to 5.2 GHz, and 144Mb of AMDs second generation V-Cache, compared to the 9800X3Ds 104 MB. When you add to the mix that the 9950X3D features eight additional cores and 16 more threads compared to the 9800X3D, were surprised that there are not more significant differences between the inbound flagship and the base 9800X3D model. We do expect that the overclocking factor, especially in the 9950X3D, could be higher than the impressive feats reached by the 9800X3D although well need to wait until launch for that.While theres no news on pricing yet, AMD confirmed to us that they will be revealing this closer to launch. This is going to be key as the 9800X3D provides such a huge bang for your buck that AMD will not want to alienate the other models and price them too high. Ryzen 9000X3D Series desktop processors are perfect for gamers and content creators alike, said Boonstra . Whether you are already on the AM5 platform, on AM4 or another platform, these products are sure to impress.Both CPUs are yet to get a release date, but its expected they will release in January.Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share