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AMD’s new flagship CPU drinks power

Rob Beschizza
Mar 31, 2026
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Hot silicon. Photo: AMD

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 “Dual Edition” is coming soon, pitched for high-end gamers and professional creative work alike.

With 16-cores on the Zen 5 architecture, the standout specs are the 208MB of total on-chip cache and a notable increase in power requirements; the TDP is 200W, up from the 170W seen in the previous generation. AMD…

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