Asus has prematurely listed AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D processors on its microsite for upcoming 800-series motherboards, in another indication that the next-generation 3D V-Cache CPUs may hit the market sooner than expected.
If Video cardz noted, the site lists X870 (and X870E), B850, and B840 motherboards for Ryzen 9000 (second-gen AM5 boards that are still based on the same socket that was introduced with Ryzen 7000).
What’s telling, though, is that the site does, or at least did, mention ‘Ryzen 9000X3D’ in numerous places – that no longer seems to be the case. That said, Ryzen 9000X3D is even listed in the URL and that is still present.
So the theory – and this is a slight exaggeration, admittedly – is that AMD’s 800-series motherboards will go on sale soon, possibly within a few weeks, and so maybe, just maybe, the Ryzen 9000X3D will release in a similar timeframe.
If that’s the case, it could seriously disrupt the launch of Intel’s Arrow Lake, Team Blue’s next-gen CPUs expected to debut on October 10th, based on the latest rumors. Or at the very least, it would put a serious damper on Arrow Lake’s chances of taking the title of fastest gaming processor, since 3D V-Cache CPUs are excellent for PC games thanks to that cache.
Analysis: Substantiation of earlier speculation
This may sound like a wild guess, but it’s not a guess that came out of nowhere. There have been rumors before that AMD was eyeing a surprisingly early release of X3D chips for the Zen 5 line.
Normally, we’d expect these 3D V-Cache processors to hit the market in early 2025. However, a previous rumor had suggested a September launch, alongside hints in AMD’s own drivers – and this apparent misstep from Asus all goes to some extent to support that. Or at the very least, it suggests that even if the Ryzen 9000X3D chips might not be ready next month – which seems rather unlikely at this point – they could still be here soon enough.
VideoCardz also points out that there is an AMD event on October 10th – funnily enough – but it seems unlikely that will include an X3D launch given that it’s focused on enterprise products (including the Ryzen AI 300 Pro and Epyc chips for servers). So 3D V-Cache wouldn’t fit in there, but it’s entirely possible that Team Red is planning a separate launch event for these X3D processors – they are important enough, after all.
As ever with rumors, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens, but it’s an exciting prospect that a Ryzen 9800X3D could be on the horizon soon (the other expected debut launches are the 9950X3D and 9900X3D). Given the response to the Ryzen 9000 in general – which has been a bit flat – you could even argue that AMD needs to release these CPUs sooner rather than later, and as mentioned, that would certainly hurt Intel’s chances in the gaming space.