AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is a high-end processor for desktop PCs that was unveiled in January 2026. It belongs to the Granite Ridge family and offers eight Zen 5 cores that can process up to 16 threads simultaneously thanks to SMT. The base clock is 4.7 GHz, while turbo speeds of up to 5.6 GHz are possible. This represents a 400 MHz increase in the maximum boost clock over the Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

Like the 9800X3D, it uses AMD's 3D V-Cache. An additional 64 MB of cache supplements the standard 32 MB L3 cache, bringing the total to 96 MB. There is also 8 MB of L2 cache. The underlying architecture remains unchanged from its predecessor. 

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D shows its strengths particularly in games. In testing at CPU-limited settings, it is a few percent ahead of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D on average and significantly ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K. Applications also benefit from the higher clock speed. Compared with the 9800X3D, the processor achieves a narrow lead.

The CPU chiplet is manufactured by TSMC using a 4 nm process, while the separate I/O die uses a 6 nm process. The processor uses socket AM5 and supports dual-channel DDR5 memory officially rated at up to 5,600 MT/s, as well as PCIe 5.0. An integrated Radeon graphics unit with two Compute Units running at 2.2 GHz is also included. 

The TDP remains unchanged at 120 watts, and the standard PPT limit is 162 watts.

Codename	Granite Ridge
Series	AMD Granite Ridge (Zen 5, AM5)
Series: Granite Ridge (Zen 5, AM5) Granite Ridge AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3 - 5.7 GHz 16 / 32  128 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 - 5.7 GHz 16 / 32  64 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 - 5.6 GHz 12 / 24  64 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D « 4.7 - 5.6 GHz 8 / 16  96 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 - 5.2 GHz 8 / 16  96 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 - 5.5 GHz 8 / 16  32 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 - 5.4 GHz 6 / 12  32 MB L3
Clock Rate	4700 - 5600 MHz
Level 1 Cache	640 KB
Level 2 Cache	8 MB
Level 3 Cache	96 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	8 / 16 8 x 5.6 GHz AMD Zen 5
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	170 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	4 nm
Socket	AM5
Features	DDR5-5600 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 5, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, HCPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
GPU	AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	01/29/2026
Product Link (external)	www.amd.com

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