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AMD's canceled 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X3D with 128MB L3 cache surfaces

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An unreleased AMD Ryzen 9 5900X3D processor, featuring 128MB of L3 cache, has surfaced, offering a glimpse into a potential gaming powerhouse that never made it to market. This Zen 3-based chip was teased by AMD in 2021, showcasing performance gains over the standard Ryzen 9 5900X. While AMD explored various configurations, including chips with up to 192MB of L3 cache, they ultimately opted for an asymmetric design with fewer cores but more cache, like the successful Ryzen 7 5800X3D, to prioritize gaming performance. AI

RANK_REASON The article discusses a previously unreleased engineering sample of a CPU, which is a product-related development but not a current market release or a significant industry shift.

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AMD's canceled 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X3D with 128MB L3 cache surfaces

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhiye Liu ·

    AMD’s secret Zen 3 gaming CPU had 128MB of game-boosting L3 cache but never saw the light of day

    A user from the Chinese Chiphell forums shows off AMD's unreleased Ryzen 9 5900X3D, the X3D variant of the Ryzen 9 5900X.

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