A Geizhals listing revealed specifications of the next AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor to the internet. The chip has a maximum boost frequency of 5.20 GHz and a processor base frequency of 4.70 GHz. While the highest boost frequency has increased a few notches from the 7800X3D’s 5.05 GHz, the base frequency of 4.70 GHz is a significant rise from the existing 7800X3D’s 4.20 GHz. The processor’s TDP is set at 120 W, which is more than the non-X3D Ryzen 7 9700X’s 105 W revised-spec cTDP and the same as the 7800X3D.

The specifications sheet also attests to the generational stability of the 3D V-cache size. The 32 MB on-die L3 cache, which is accessible to software as a 96 MB contiguously addressable L3 cache, gains 64 MB from the stacked 3D V-cache die. The L2 cache size per core stays at 1 MB. Increases in frequencies, the new “Zen 5” microarchitecture, any available IPC enhancements, and AMD’s L3 cache performance enhancements with “Zen 5” will be the main drivers of generational gaming performance gains. We recently revealed an amazing notion that AMD constructed the 9800X3D with the stacked 3D V-cache below, rather than above, the 8-core CPU complicated die chiplet. This should greatly increase clock rates and thermal efficiency.