Question Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU successor release date?

[faive123]

Hi, as I am not much familiarized with how often AMD releases a new CPU and being that I'm building a PC based on the Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU, even though I know there is no such thing a complete future-proof, do you have an estimated release date of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D successor? I'm asking because I wouldn't want to buy a CPU that it's having its successor in just a few months and/or that is using a platform that it's also going to be replaced soon. Thank you very much for your advice!

 

[Lutfij]

I'm asking because I wouldn't want to buy a CPU that it's having its successor in just a few months and/or that is using a platform that it's also going to be replaced soon.
There will always be something new coming out around the corner. If you can hold off until late 2026 or early 2027, then that's when Zen 6(the successor platform to the Ryzen 9000 series) will be announced/launched.

 

[geofelt]

If you wait for the next best thing, you will wait forever.
Buy what suits you now, and perhaps for the next two years.
After that, your needs may change.
If gaming, plan on a graphics card upgrade with an extra strong psu.

Rumors abound. One of the latest is an X3d killer version from Intel:
https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/nova-lake-l3-cache-leak

For the most part, processor updates will be modest, perhaps 15% from the previous gen.
That does not sound like much, but year after year it becomes a big jump.

 

[TerryLaze]

Hi, as I am not much familiarized with how often AMD releases a new CPU and being that I'm building a PC based on the Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU, even though I know there is no such thing a complete future-proof, do you have an estimated release date of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D successor? I'm asking because I wouldn't want to buy a CPU that it's having its successor in just a few months and/or that is using a platform that it's also going to be replaced soon. Thank you very much for your advice!

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...sports-16-zen-5-cores-192mb-l3-cache-200w-tdp

Just a rumor for now, but the replacement could be the same CPU with x3d cache on both ccxs ,which would come out pretty soon if it does come out, it could just be a rumor.