Overview
- The 8-core Ryzen 7 9850X3D is now available at its $499 MSRP, with listings live at Amazon, Newegg, and B&H Photo Video as broader availability rolls out.
- The chip is a lightly binned update to the 9800X3D, retaining 8 cores/16 threads, 96MB 3D V‑Cache, and a 120W TDP while lifting max boost to 5.6 GHz and price by $20.
- Reviews report roughly 1–3% faster gaming at 1080p and up to about 6.6% gains in content-creation tasks, with power draw essentially in line with its predecessor.
- AMD says performance remains strong on slower memory, estimating only about a 1% hit using DDR5‑4800 versus DDR5‑5600, which could help manage build costs.
- Retail pricing on the older Ryzen 7 9800X3D has fallen to about $443.99, and a separate ASUS test-system leak suggesting a dual‑X3D Ryzen 9 is being evaluated remains unconfirmed.