AMD’s top-of-the-line Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D chips are expected to have the same gaming performance as the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, one of the best gaming CPUs on the market. AMD Product and Business Development Manager Martijn Boonstra told VideoGamer that the two chips will “provide similar overall gaming performance to the 9800X3D.”
“There will be some games that perform a bit better, and some games will perform a little worse,” added Boonstra, “but on the whole the experience is comparable.” The former will be noticeable for titles that favor more cores and threads, especially as the Ryzen 9 9900X3D will have 12 cores while the Ryzen 9 9950X3D will have a whopping 16 cores versus the Ryzen 7 9800X3D’s eight cores. However, it's a rare case since not many games utilize more than eight cores. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D still has the upper hand in games that favor eight cores since everything is done on a single CCD.
