AMD has a used 3D V-Cache a few times now as a way to boost gaming performance on CPUs. So what happens when AMD puts 3D V-Cache on its very best Ryzen 9000-series CPUs to date? The answer is the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D.

The main draw of CES 2025 for most PC gamers is new graphics cards, but CPU enthusiasts have something to be excited for too. Not one, but two new Ryzen 9 9000 desktop processors have just been unveiled, and both are stacked with AMD's 2nd Gen 3D V-Cache technology.

AMD unveiled two new Ryzen 9 9000-series processors at CES 2025 with frame-rate-boosting 3D V-Cache as its latest top-end desktop chips for gamers and creators.

The Zen 5 Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D should offer better graphics performance. AMD also shared more about its next generation of Radeon GPUs.

AMD is targeting both low-end and high-end AI PCs at CES 2025. The company unveiled a new family of Ryzen AI Max chips meant for "halo" Copilot+ AI PCs, which will sit above existing Ryzen AI 9 systems.

The former is now known as the Ryzen AI Max and Ryzen AI Max Plus, boasting the most powerful graphics AMD’s ever put in a chip, with up to 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units, 16 Zen 5 C

AMD claims the Ryzen 9000 CPUs are up to 8% faster than the previous Ryzen 9 7950X3D, with improvements in games like Black Myth W.

As part of its high-end gaming laptop chip lineup, AMD has announced the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, bringing 3D V-Cache to mobile for the first time.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox