Ryzen 9000 X3D vs Arrow Lake showdown potentially on the cards as Zen 5 X3D chips get a mention on official Asus website

Earlier this year, reports emerged that AMD could launch both the vanilla Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 and Ryzen 9000 X3D CPU lineups at the same time. AMD is known for releasing its 3D V-Cache CPUs months after the mainstream client CPU offerings, making it unlikely that Team Red would change that strategy this time around. Predictably enough, in June 2024 AMD released the regular Ryzen 9000 CPUs only with no X3D parts in sight.

However, we may now be a short period away from the official unveiling of the Ryzen 9000 X3D series as references to Ryzen 9000 X3D CPUs have been found on Asus site, specifically on product pages dedicated to X870/X870E motherboards. The references were found in the source code by @momomo_us.

While there aren’t any exciting details apart from the mention of the Ryzen 9000 X3D CPUs, the mention of the Zen 5 X3D CPUs alongside the new X870, X870E, B850, and B840 boards could be a sign that AMD is going to release these CPUs soon.

Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 CPUs give gamers no reason to upgrade

Now that the initial review cycle of the Ryzen 9000 chips has come to a close, it is fair to say that neither the affordable Ryzen 5 9600X nor the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X gives gamers who are on Zen 4 any solid reason to upgrade. Sure, the Zen 5 CPUs do provide a marginal gaming performance boost over their Zen 4 counterparts, but anyone serious about gaming performance need not look any further than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D (Available on Amazon).

Keeping this in mind and considering that Intel Arrow Lake could release in October and give Zen 5 a tough time in gaming, it is quite reasonable to assume that AMD will release the Ryzen 9000 X3D chips soon. AMD is reportedly holding a new event in October where the company is expected to announce new data center, workstation, and AI chips. So, we might see the new Ryzen 9000 X3D processors debut at that event.

That said, it is all just conjecture at this point. Nevertheless, with the launch of the Core Ultra 200 CPUs on the horizon, the next few months are shaping up to be rather exciting.