Unveiled recently, the powerful Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 now benefits from an official price placement. Its very high price suggests that you are probably not the user AMD is targeting with this new processor.
We recently told you about an atypical processor, the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. This sort of ” dual processor “, to put it simply, represents more or less what AMD can do best in the field of Ryzen CPUs with 3D V-Cache memory.
As its specifications suggested, this new chip is not really aimed at gamers. Its price, now official, confirms to us today that it is above all the most demanding creative users, professionals and businesses, who are primarily targeted by AMD with this new product.
An overpriced processor for ordinary mortals…
AMD announces that its new chip will be available from April 22, 2026, at a price of $899. An American price… understand that it is expressed excluding taxes. In France, this same Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 was briefly listed at the Cybertek reseller at a price of 1139.99 euros. A price which unfortunately seems credible to us compared to that announced across the Atlantic, the dollar/euro conversion often being to our disadvantage.
As WCCFTech very rightly points out, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 becomes in any case the most expensive solution in the catalog “ grand public » from AMD. This new processor is indeed 200 dollars more expensive than an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D. classic ».
For gamers, the relevance of this new chip is in any case questionable compared to what the powerful Ryzen 9 9950X3D already offers. In its promotional documents, AMD especially highlights the gains made in 3D modeling, compilation or heavy video editing.
Note also that gamers looking for a new ultra-fast CPU have every interest in waiting for the launch of Intel Nova Lake-S processors before making a decision. Still expected for the end of 2026, these should, for some of them at least, also rely on large volumes of cache memory.
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