AMD Announces Ryzen 9 9950X3D & Ryzen AI Max, Previews AMD RDNA 4 Graphics

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Announces Ryzen 9 9950X3D & Ryzen AI Max, Previews AMD RDNA 4 Graphics

AMD's CES 2025 keynote was used to announce a slew of new products. They are just announcements today without any immediate availability or any hardware reviews to publish, but a look ahead for what is on the horizon for AMD in the consumer space in 2025.

https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen-9950x3d-rdna4-ai-max

[pharmasolin]

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[Phil995511]

Too bad the 9950x3D doesn't have 24 or 32 cores otherwise I would have most certainly bought it. However it seems to be a very good product !! So I'm keeping my 5950x for now...

As for the Ryzen AI Max, don't even talk to me about it. I would never want to buy such a product. It's just marketing bullshit.

[Venemo]

Does the 9900X3D and 9950X3D still have the 3D cache for 1 CCD? Or did they finally fix that and does it have the cache for both CCDs?

[M@GOid]

I'm seeing wrong, or the "Ryzen 395 Ai MAX+ " have more graphic cores than a RX 6700 XT?

[numacross]

Does the 9900X3D and 9950X3D still have the 3D cache for 1 CCD? Or did they finally fix that and does it have the cache for both CCDs?

One CCD with extra cache, without the frequency penalties of previous generations.

[cakeisamadeupdrug]

Where was the 9070 announced? I skimmed their CES keynote and can't find any reference to this announcement in amongst all of the inane AI crap

[halo5]

One CCD with extra cache, without the frequency penalties of previous generations.

So, not really worth the upgrade for 7950X3D productivity users (IMO). Disappointing, as I was really looking forward to a dual-CCD product.

[Michael]

Where was the 9070 announced? I skimmed their CES keynote and can't find any reference to this announcement in amongst all of the inane AI crap

It was in the embargoed press deck in advance, no idea where it fell in along the keynote presentation but presumably similar order.

[sobrus]

Too bad the 9950x3D doesn't have 24 or 32 core.

16 core part already maxes out AM5's 170W TDP. 32 core would have just half of per-core wattage available, so it would boost much lower.
Overall it would still be faster, but not that much. Threadrippers are often in 300W+ TDP range, way too high figure for a home rig.
Also, AM5 supports only 2 channel memory controllers - that is not even enough for 16 cores. That's why they have those huge caches in the first place. Things are even worse if you run 128GB+ RAM because RAM speed drops significally with 4 sticks.

I don't think it would be worth the price increase, which would be substantial (two additional CCDs).
Top tier TSMC nodes are very expensive nowadays, as everyone wants TSMC and there's no competition anymore.
So we no longer getting large die CPU/GPUs cheaply. Not anytime soon unless Intel fixes their fabs.