AMD is working on a mysterious dual-cache Ryzen processor, and early benchmarks give us a glimpse of what its bigger L3 cache ...

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leaks in CPU-Z benchmark with 128MB dual L3 cache (two 64MB CCDs, one 3D V-Cache) on X870E board.

The long-awaited "double X3D" CPU, which AMD once denied would ever happen, has finally confirmed its existence with new ...

Combined with whatever architectural improvements Zen 6 brings to the table, AMD's next-gen 3D V-Cache chips could deliver a ...

If it does happen, it'll be the first ever CPU with 192 MB of L3 cache in a desktop PC. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as ...

CPUs have a number of caching levels. We've discussed cache structures generally, in our L1 & L2 explainer, but we haven't spent as much time discussing how an L3 works or how it's different compared ...

TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor, debuting at CES 2025, features 16 cores, 32 threads, and up to 5.65GHz clock speeds. It includes 128MB of L3 cache using 3D V-Cache technology, maintaining a ...

Moving on to Geekbench, the 9950X3D2 showcased a single-core score of 3,456, the highest recorded in its category, alongside a multi-core score of 21,062. These benchmarks suggest that the Ryzen 9 ...

Necessity is the mother of invention, and advances in chip packaging are catching up to those in transistor design when it comes to working in three dimensions instead of the much more limited two.

AMD had a surprise at Computex: CPUs with a lot of L3 cache, and a claimed generational-equivalent performance uplift. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

AMD’s mic-drop moment at Computex was the news of its closely guarded “V-Cache” technology, which would enable chip stacking on Ryzen CPUs. PCWorld interviewed AMD’s Sam Naffziger about V-Cache. We ...

In a recent hardware deep-dive, we took a look at how CPU cores and cache impacted gaming performance. To do that, we used three Intel Core processors and compared their core scaling performance, ...