[STEAM] AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D exists, CPU maker inadvertently confirms, undercuts 9800X3D

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D may not have officially launched, but the name of the new gaming CPU has now been spotted in a driver entry on AMD's own website, hinting that its release is imminent.

AMD has recently changed its approach to the design of its X3D chips, with the huge layer of 64MB cache now sitting under the CPU cores, rather than on top of them, while also moving to the powerful new

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Zen 5 architecture. As we found in our

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, the new design enables higher clock speeds and cooler running, gaining this chip the coveted top spot on our

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buying guide. The 9800X3D is expensive, though, and it looks as though AMD is now offering a cut-down, cheaper design based on the same principles.

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