AMD is working on two new high-performance Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” desktop processors with its advanced 3D V-Cache technology.
According to a trusted source known as chi11eddog, these chips will come in 8-core and 16-core versions and offer some of the highest cache ever seen in consumer CPUs.
The flagship model will feature:
- 16 cores / 32 threads
- 192 MB of L3 cache (thanks to 3D V-Cache on both dies)
- 200W TDP
- Expected price: $799 or higher
This chip will be AMD’s first retail desktop CPU to use dual 3D V-Cache stacks, unlike the current Ryzen 9 9950X3D, which only uses one stacked die. If confirmed, this would give gamers and power users a major performance boost, especially in cache-heavy tasks like gaming and content creation.
The second chip will offer:
- 8 cores / 16 threads
- 96 MB of L3 cache
- 120W TDP
- Expected price: $400–$499
This 8-core CPU appears to be either a more affordable or higher-clocked version of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and will compete in the mid-to-high-end market.
Both CPUs use AMD’s new 2nd Gen 3D V-Cache, which is faster, cooler, and supports overclocking.
Meanwhile, Intel is still working on its own version of 3D-stacked cache (codenamed “bLLC”) with its future Nova Lake CPUs, but those aren’t expected soon. So for now, AMD may continue to lead in gaming performance.
