AMD Ryzen 9000X3D 3D V-Cache CPUs Teased By ASUS

ASUS might've given us a tease of AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs featuring Zen 5 cores and 3D V-Cache technology ahead of their official unveiling.

ASUS recently revealed several X870E & X870 chipset motherboards, which included all different sub-series but what went unnoticed is the hidden mention of Ryzen 9000X3D chips. The first four Ryzen 9000 CPUs have already been launched a few days ago, which we have covered in detail in our reviews but the new information sheds light on Ryzen 9000X3D with 3D V-Cache technology.

Since AMD took great interest in producing X3D versions of its existing Zen 3 and Zen 4 CPUs, X3D chips in the Ryzen 9000 series based on Zen 5 shouldn't surprise us. It was Momomo_US, who first saw the Ryzen 9000X3D listing by going through the source code of the ASUS microsite page for its latest motherboards. Apparently, the X870E & X870 chipset motherboards aren't the only ones that are mentioned on the page as the URL also reveals more chipsets and mentions 'Ryzen 9000X3D'.

On further investigation by ComputerBase, the page description in the source code says,

ASUS AMD X870E & X870 motherboards are designed to get the most out of AMD Ryzen™ 9000 series X3D processors and are ready for Advanced AI PCs. Featuring exclusive AI technologies, PCIe® 5.0, DDR5 support with NitroPath DRAM and AEMP technologies, USB4® 40 Gbps Type-C support, WiFi 7 and EZ PC DIY designs.

This confirms that AMD's partners such as ASUS definitely know what's coming soon to the markets and AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs with extra L3 cache memory are inevitable. However, the launch or the availability of the processors hasn't been revealed yet nor AMD has talked about these processors. With 3D V-Cache technology, Ryzen 9000 CPUs will get additional L3 cache onboard, which will provide significant performance uplifts in video games. This has been the case with the previous generation processors as well and to this day, AMD hasn't stopped releasing newer 3D CPUs for Zen 3 and Zen 4 lineups.

A few days ago, Ryzen 5 5500X3D appeared in the EEC filing, and just yesterday, a leak mentioned that AMD is preparing Ryzen 5 7600X3D. AMD Ryzen 9000 lineup at the moment doesn't have a single released 3D CPU but it looks like AMD has already made preparations for the newer 3D CPUs batch for the near future. Previous rumors mentioned an October release date which is around the timeframe we will see the launch of AMD's 800-series motherboards. We also previously reported that Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs will offer full overclocking support and feature very similar cache sizes as the existing lineup but translate into bigger gains since they will offer performance on top of the Zen 5's IPC uplift.

With a 3D cache chiplet, expect the L3 cache to increase by at least 64MB, which means processors like Ryzen 9600X and 9700X will have 96MB of L3 cache. At the same time, this will introduce lower clock speeds due to the unusual stacking process. X3D chips are usually power-efficient and can do a better job in gaming for less power. That said, Ryzen 9000X3D chips must provide a significant boost in performance to make them appealing for users to consider them over the 7800X3D or the upcoming 7600X3D.

News Source: ComputerBase