Christmas has come early thanks to MaxSun, as its new support table reveals almost everything when it comes to AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The motherboard maker has listed the new CPU alongside some of its specs, giving us a glimpse of what will come.
According to MaxSun’s support page, its boards should support the unreleased 9800X3D using the latest BIOS version. Interestingly, this chip was listed as a Ryzen 9 model instead of the Ryzen 7 it should be. This could be a simple typing error, or AMD may be planning yet another name change. Hopefully not, as simpler is always better.
9800X3D is presented as a 120W CPU clocked at 4.7GHz base. Yes, you heard that right: base, not turbo. In other words, this model boasts 900MHz higher frequency than its non-X3D equivalent, Ryzen 7 9700X. This is quite odd as, until now, all 3D V-Cache chips run at lower base/boost clocks compared to their standard counterparts.
In fact, this is the highest base clock on all Ryzen 9000 to this date, probably possible thanks to the increase in available power. That said, we don’t yet know the official boost clock, although rumours point towards 5.2GHz or even 5.4GHz, i.e. 300 or 100MHz lower than 9700X.
Note that this X3D part was listed alongside the non-X Ryzen 5 9600 CPU. The latter seems to be running at 3.8GHz base frequency, i.e. 100MHz lower than 9600X. Aside from the boost clock, which may be lower too, the remaining specs are identical to the X variant, with 32MB of cache and 65W TDP.
Regarding price, assuming AMD continues the same segmentation used on Ryzen 7000, 9800X3D should come in at $399 or $409. That said, some US retailers are already listing it for up to $524. Depending on the performance uplift, this could be worth an upgrade, especially for those owning Zen 4 or older processors. We should learn more on October 24 before an official launch on November 7.
