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Nick Evanson

AMD launches its fastest gaming CPU yet, though the new Ryzen 7 9850X3D is clocked just 8% higher than the 9800X3D

A mockup image for the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D, with the 5 digit colored in red.

A new year, a new CES event, where the world's biggest tech companies show off their latest and greatest new products. In the case of AMD, however, it's pretty much a case of 'more of the same, but just a little bit faster'. And when it comes to the newly launched Ryzen 7 9850X3D, that 'little' really isn't very big at all.

The listed specifications for the Ryzen 7 9850X3D are entirely unsurprising, not least because all the previous leaks and rumours on the new chip all tallied on the point of it just sporting a small increase to the boost clock. It's literally just a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, with a 7.7% overclock.

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