AMD's 7800X3D and 7950X3D CPUs reign supreme in the gaming realm, not solely due to their core count or clock speeds, but primarily owing to their abundant cache. CPU cache refers to a small yet ...

AMD has three high-end 3D V-Cache chips out in this generation, but only one stands out like a sore thumb. There’s the flagship Ryzen 9 7950X3D. There’s also the best gaming CPU, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

Cache isn’t something PC gamers think nearly enough about. At least, that seems to be AMD’s thinking as of late. With the release of 3D V-Cache on the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, though, AMD just proved its own ...

Looks like throwing more cache has its limits.

TL;DR: AMD is set to launch the Ryzen 5 9600X3D, a mid-range gaming CPU featuring 6 cores, 12 threads, and 96MB of L3 cache with 3D V-Cache technology. Expected in late Q3 or early Q4 2025, it offers ...

They've got something other CPUs don't to compensate.

I have been interested in science and technology for as long as I can remember, spurred on by a fondness for video games. I learned to work in Windows and manipulate files to get buggy games to work, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Picking the right gaming CPU can be tricky, but if you've made up your mind to give AMD a try, you're already on the right track. In the last ...

To understand the design decisions behind the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, you must understand cache and how it works inside of a processor. Cache is an often underappreciated, yet vitally important, piece of any ...

AMD has revealed its first mobile gaming processor with 3D V-Cache. As the name suggests, 3D V-Cache enables AMD to stack more cache on top of the CPU. The tech arrived on desktop processors last year ...

For the first time, AMD is releasing a desktop processor where two compute chiplets each receive an additional cache die (3D V-Cache). The Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition comes with 16 Zen 5 cores and ...