On the eve of Intel's Arrow Lake Core 200S series launch, AMD has made a notable announcement: the much-anticipated Ryzen 9000X3D series will officially launch on November 7th, 2024!

As AMD's Senior Vice President, Jack Huyhn, stated, "Legends are written by those who dare to be bold."

If everything goes as planned, the Ryzen 9000X3D series will be officially unveiled on November 25th, just a day after the Core Ultra 200S series goes live.

The initial release will comprise three models: Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, and Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Although all are set to be revealed on November 25th, only the Ryzen 7 9800X3D will be available from November 7th.

The Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D, both dual CCD configurations, are anticipated to hit the market later in the first quarter of the following year. There's also talk of a more mainstream Ryzen 5 9600X3D, though its retail availability remains uncertain.

Leaked details from a motherboard manufacturer suggest that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a base frequency of 4.7GHz. This marks an increase of up to 500MHz compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, and a significant 900MHz boost over the similarly equipped 8-core Ryzen 7 9700X.

The thermal design power consumption remains consistent at 120W, matching its predecessor's, while the Ryzen 7 9700X defaults at 65W but can be unlocked to 105W.

Although the maximum boost frequency isn't officially confirmed, some enthusiasts have managed to overclock their samples, turning on PBO, adjusting the offset, and slightly increasing the BCLK external frequency. They achieved a full-core speed of 5.6GHz, with the effective frequency peaking at 5687.53GHz, tantalizingly close to 5.7GHz.

AMD seems to have finally resolved the frequency limitations that hampered the X3D series' overclocking potential, aligning it more closely with the standard versions. As a result, besides boasting superior gaming performance, the series should now also excel in benchmarks and productivity tasks!

Real-world tests suggest that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D scores 2261 in single-core and 25,258 in multi-core performance on CineBench R23, presumably with some overclocking involved.

In comparison, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, with PBO enabled, typically scores between 18,000 and 19,000 in multi-core tests, while the Ryzen 7 9700X PBO scores hover around 23,000.