Given the volume of leaks and rumors around the Ryzen 9800X3D being launched next week, it'd be a surprise at this point if the processor didn't show.

Somebody goofed — and now AMD’s unannounced Ryzen 9000X3D desktop processors have been partially revealed. But like Intel’s new Arrow Lake desktop CPUs, it doesn’t look like they’ll be a huge performance improvement on their predecessors.

The biggest problem with these benchmarks might be that the difference between the Ryzen 9000X3D and the non-3D parts seems fairly subtle so far. MSI’s leaked tests show the CPUs very close together, and this includes both the eight-core and 16-core parts.

Leaked benchmarks While punters had been hoping that Ryzen 9000X3D-series might save the brand, it appears that is not going to happen. According to a leaked MSI presentation spotted by Tom’s Hardware,

Reports suggest that AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D series may achieve Cinebench R23 scores that are 10% to 28% higher than those of the current 7000X3D models. According to leaks attributed to a source known as CodeCommando,

An MSI presentation says that AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D does not have substantially higher performance than the typical version.

October 25th announcement with availability in early November The latest rumor coming from Chinese forums have revealed a possible announcement and availability date for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU.

Even though AMD just launched its regular Zen 5 CPUs in August, their lukewarm reception and the imminent arrival of competing chips from Intel could spur AMD to release the X3D V-Cache versions ahead of schedule.

A mountain of evidence is mounting that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D could show up any day now, but it might not be the CPU gamers were hoping for.