Gigabyte spoils AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D surprise by leaking flagship 16-core CPU, which could be something special for gamers with X3D ‘turbo mode’

• Gigabyte indirectly mentioned 16-core X3D Zen 5 spot successful a property release
• Flagship CPU should get a awesome boost from Gigabyte’s turbo mode
• AMD is expected to uncover caller flagship astatine CES 2025 if rumors are right

AMD’s flagship 3D V-Cache processor for nan Zen 5 family has again been leaked, this clip arsenic portion of a property merchandise penned by Gigabyte.

We cognize that nan Ryzen 9800X3D is incoming – really later this week, connected November 7 – arsenic AMD already announced it, and Gigabyte mentions that spot successful the property release (noticed by German tech site ComputerBase) connected nan taxable of nan benefits of its ‘X3D turbo mode’ (which we’ve been proceeding a batch astir lately).

The absorbing spot is that Gigabyte mentions “performance increases of up to 18% for incoming Ryzen 9000 bid 16-core X3D processors” (using said turbo mode) arsenic good arsenic nan 9800X3D.

No different Ryzen X3D CPUs person yet been revealed, but nan rumor mill powerfully believes that nan Ryzen 9800X3D (8-core workhorse) will yet beryllium joined by nan Ryzen 9900X3D (12-core) and Ryzen 9950X3D (16-core) processors.

So, it seems that this is an indirect confirmation that location will so beryllium a 16-core X3D flagship, which will almost surely beryllium nan Ryzen 9950X3D (there’s nary logic AMD wouldn’t instrumentality to its erstwhile naming scheme, aft all, pursuing nan Ryzen 7950X3D flagship for Zen 4).

On apical of this, as VideoCardz (which flagged nan ComputerBase post) points out, nan Ryzen 9950X3D was really mentioned – utilizing nan chip’s afloat sanction – by Thermal Grizzly recently, pinch nan patient telling america that nan flagship will beryllium compatible pinch various cooling solutions that it makes.

There person been plentifulness of rumors astir nan Ryzen 9950X3D (and 9900X3D for that matter) moving alongside speculation astir nan 9800X3D earlier that processor was formally unveiled by AMD.

At this point, it would beryllium a daze if location wasn’t a 16-core Ryzen 9950X3D inbound, but we won’t get to spot nan CPU revealed successful nan contiguous early if nan rumor mill is correct connected nan merchandise timeframe. While nan 9800X3D is astir to arrive, nan different Ryzen 9 models for the Zen 5 X3D scope aren’t expected to beryllium aired until CES 2025, pinch a motorboat astir apt soon thereafter.

Analysis: The benefits of turbo mode for nan Zen 5 flagship

What’s absorbing astir nan turbo mode Gigabyte is stoking hype astir is that it apparently applies a raft of tuning measures to 3D V-Cache processors, including disabling SMT (multithreading) which tin amended gaming performance, and besides disabling 1 CCD (Core Chiplet Die, aliases chiplet for short).

Now, nan Ryzen 9950X3D should dwell of 2 chiplets (of 8-cores apiece, apt 1 pinch 3D V-Cache, and 1 without, arsenic is nan lawsuit pinch nan 7950X3D). And, successful immoderate situations, pinch some PC games, it’s not needfully nan champion thought to person some of those chiplets active. So, utilizing nan turbo mode will intelligently move disconnected 1 CCD to amended capacity – it whitethorn look overseas nan 8-cores tin beryllium faster than 16-cores, but that is so nan lawsuit sometimes, and astatine immoderate rate, for galore games, 8-cores is plentifulness capable anyway.

This CCD rumor was 1 of nan reasons why PC gamers preferred nan 7800X3D complete nan 7950X3D – well, that and nan costs – but pinch nan Zen 5 flagship, it seems this whitethorn nary longer beryllium nan lawsuit (save for nan constituent astir nan 9950X3D being expensive, which it undoubtedly will be).

In Gigabyte’s property release, capacity boosts of up to 18% for nan 16-core X3D processor are highlighted, compared to 5% for nan 9800X3D, and nan fine-tuning astir those CCDs is apt to beryllium a large portion of nan logic why – and arsenic nan logic why this generation’s flagship mightiness beryllium much tempting for gamers. You’ll decidedly request heavy pockets, though, particularly arsenic AMD has hiked nan value for nan 9800X3D (slightly), truthful nan aforesaid whitethorn beryllium existent of nan 9950X3D.

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