Gigabyte spoils AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D surprise with the leak of the flagship 16-core CPU, which could be something special for gamers with X3D Turbo mode

Gigabyte indirectly mentioned the 16-core X3D Zen 5 chip in a press release
The flagship CPU should get a significant boost from Gigabyte's Turbo mode
AMD is expected to unveil its new flagship at CES 2025 if the rumors are true

AMD's flagship 3D V-Cache processor for the Zen 5 family has been leaked again, this time as part of a press release from Gigabyte.

We know the Ryzen 9800X3D is coming – actually later this week, on November 7th – as AMD has already announced and Gigabyte mentioned this chip Press release (Noted by German tech site ComputerBase) on the topic of the advantages of its “X3D Turbo Mode” (the We've been hearing a lot about this lately).

What's interesting is that Gigabyte mentions “performance increases of up to 18% for the upcoming 16-core Ryzen 9000 series X3D processors” (using said Turbo mode) as well as the 9800X3D.

No further Ryzens have been released yet

So it seems that this is indirect confirmation that there will indeed be a 16-core X3D flagship, which will almost certainly be the Ryzen 9950X3D (there's no reason AMD won't be interested in it). would stick to the previous naming scheme, eventually after the Ryzen 7950X3D flagship for Zen 4).

Furthermore, as VideoCardz (who tagged the ComputerBase post) points out that the Ryzen 9950X3D was actually recently mentioned – using the chip's full name – by Thermal Grizzly, with the company telling us that the flagship is compatible with various cooling solutions it makes will be.

There were numerous rumors about the Ryzen 9950X3D (and also the 9900X3D) as well as speculation about the 9800X3D before this processor was officially unveiled by AMD.

At this point it would be a shock if there wasn't a 16-core Ryzen 9950X3D, but we won't be seeing the CPU revealed any time soon if the rumor mill is correct with the release timeframe. While the 9800X3D is about to arrive, the other Ryzen 9 models are for the The Zen 5 X3D series is not expected to debut until CES 2025with a launch likely shortly thereafter.

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Analysis: The benefits of turbo mode for the Zen 5 flagship

What's interesting about the Turbo mode that Gigabyte is pushing is that it appears to apply a number of optimization measures to 3D V-Cache processors, including disabling SMT (multithreading), which can improve gaming performance, and also disabling a CCD (Core Chiplet Die), or chiplet for short).

Now the Ryzen 9950X3D should consist of two chiplets (with 8 cores each, probably one with 3D V-cache and one without, as is the case with the 7950X3D). And in some situations with some PC gamesIt's not necessarily the best idea to have both chiplets active. So when you use Turbo mode, a CCD is intelligently turned off to improve performance. It may seem strange that 8-cores can be faster than 16-cores, but that is actually sometimes the case, and in any case for many games, 8-cores is sufficient anyway.

This CCD problem was one of the reasons PC gamers preferred the 7800X3D over the 7950X3D – well, that and the cost – but it seems that may no longer be the case with the Zen 5 flagship (apart from the thing with the 9950X3D). expensive, which undoubtedly will be).

Gigabyte's press release highlights performance gains of up to 18% for the 16-core why this generation's flagship might be more enticing for gamers. However, you'll definitely need to have a lot of money, especially since AMD has (slightly) increased the price of the 9800X3D, so the same may be true of the 9950X3D as well.

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