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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Hassam Nasir

AMD teases heavily-rumored Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, continues to leak despite CES no-show — Alienware Area 51 may not be a beneficiary after all (Updated)

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AMD's CES 2026 keynote was conspicuously missing the highly-anticipated Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. The CPU originally leaked alongside the Ryzen 7 9850X3D — which did get announced this week — while the true flagship was a no-show. At a company QnA in Vegas on Wednesday for CES, AMD hinted to media, including Tom's Hardware, that the 9950X3D2 is indeed on the cards, but that it doesn't have anything to announce right now.

At the media event, we asked AMD if the 9950X3D was "potentially one of the aces up [its] sleeve," to which Rahul Tikoo replied: " 9950X3D2? Yes. I wish I could announce future products today, but I can't, so no comments on that yet."

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