# AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D: specs and price

**Price (US):** $599 at cpubenchmark.net (US launch MSRP $599 (AMD-announced), confirmed by Tom's Hardware and HotHardware; launched March 12, 2025), as of 2026-06-27. A sourced, dated price of record — other retailers (incl. Amazon) may be lower. Among the 17 cpus we track it is #15 cheapest of 17; category median $359.
**Brand:** AMD
**Released:** 2025-Q1
**Deskmark:** Bronze Deskmark — pay-blind category standing 58/100, #11 of 18 in class (independent, computed from sourced data, never for sale).
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Price (US) | $599 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Released | 2025-Q1 |
| Cores | 12 |
| Threads | 24 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 4.4 |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 5.5 |
| L3 cache (MB) | 128 |
| Tdp (W) | 120 |
| Socket | AM5 |
| Igpu | AMD Radeon Graphics |

## Where it stands

At $599, the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D is #15 cheapest of the 17 CPUs we track, where the median is $409. On the spec sheet, its l3 cache of 128 MB is the highest of the 18, its cores of 12 is below the median of the 18, and its threads of 24 is above the median of the 18. By release date, it is among the newer of the 18 we date.

## Archived price points (Internet Archive)

Prices as the source page rendered them on earlier dates, per web.archive.org. A separate record from our own tracking above — each row links to the snapshot it came from.

| Date | Price (US) | Snapshot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-04 | $689 | https://web.archive.org/web/20250504182608/https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+9+9900X3D |
| 2025-08-24 | $596 | https://web.archive.org/web/20250824171941/https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+9+9900X3D |

## What reviewers say

Only one whitelisted tester, Tom's Hardware, hands-on benchmarked this exact chip. Verdict: the fastest 12-core gaming CPU, beating Intel's best in gaming (28% over the Core Ultra 9 285K, 18% over the i9-14900K), but at $600 it is boxed in between the cheaper $480 Ryzen 7 9800X3D and the pricier $700 Ryzen 9 9950X3D, and it behaves like a six-core X3D chip while gaming. Hard to recommend without a price cut. (Based on 1 review, 1 lab-tested, 2025-04-09.)

Praised: Fastest 12-core chip in gaming; beats Intel's best (285K, 14900K) in gaming benchmarks; Strong productivity performance for a gaming chip; energy efficient under load; Fully overclockable this generation, plus AVX-512 support.
Flagged: Priced in no-man's-land: cheaper 9800X3D and pricier 9950X3D make other 3D V-Cache chips the better alternative; Behaves like a six-core X3D CPU while gaming; High idle power draw (37W vs 20W for Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K).
Disagreement: Single-source consensus: only Tom's Hardware among whitelisted testers had a verifiable hands-on review, so no cross-source agreement or disagreement could be established. Notably, AMD did not sample the chip to press (Tom's Hardware bought it at retail), limiting independent testing. Two draft quotes were dropped as non-verbatim/absent from the source, and three draft measured values (20% vs 7900X3D, 27% 9950X3D productivity delta, sub-1% PBO gain) were dropped as unconfirmed in the fetched text.
Sources: Tom's Hardware (2025-04-09, tomshardware.com)

## Frequently asked questions

**What do reviewers say about the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D?**

Only one whitelisted tester, Tom's Hardware, hands-on benchmarked this exact chip. Verdict: the fastest 12-core gaming CPU, beating Intel's best in gaming (28% over the Core Ultra 9 285K, 18% over the i9-14900K), but at $600 it is boxed in between the cheaper $480 Ryzen 7 9800X3D and the pricier $700 Ryzen 9 9950X3D, and it behaves like a six-core X3D chip while gaming. Hard to recommend without a price cut. Praised: Fastest 12-core chip in gaming; beats Intel's best (285K, 14900K) in gaming benchmarks; Strong productivity performance for a gaming chip; energy efficient under load; Fully overclockable this generation, plus AVX-512 support. Flagged: Priced in no-man's-land: cheaper 9800X3D and pricier 9950X3D make other 3D V-Cache chips the better alternative; Behaves like a six-core X3D CPU while gaming; High idle power draw (37W vs 20W for Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K). (From 1 tester review, 1 lab-tested.)

**How much does the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D cost?**

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a US price of $599 (US launch MSRP $599 (AMD-announced), confirmed by Tom's Hardware and HotHardware; launched March 12, 2025), as of 2026-06-15.

**How does the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D compare on price?**

At $599, the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D is #15 cheapest of the 17 CPUs we track, where the median is $409.

**Has the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D's price dropped?**

Yes — since 2025-05-04 the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D has fallen 13.1%, from $689 to $599.

**What is the lowest price the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D has been?**

The lowest we have recorded for the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D is $596 on 2025-08-24.

**Is now a good time to buy the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D?**

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D is currently $599; the lowest we have recorded is $596 (2025-08-24). Every price is dated, so you can judge it against its own history.

**When was the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D released?**

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D was released 2025-Q1.

**What are the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D's key specs?**

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (AMD): cores 12, threads 24, base clock ghz 4.4, boost clock ghz 5.5, l3 cache mb 128. Full sourced spec sheet verified 2026-06-15.

Source: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+9+9900X3D (cpubenchmark.net, accessed 2026-06-15)
Corroboration: https://hothardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-9900x3d-pricing-launch-date-revealed (accessed 2026-06-15)
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/product/cpus/amd-ryzen-9-9900x3d/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D price of record was $599 as of 2026-06-15 — https://frontdeskreview.com/product/cpus/amd-ryzen-9-9900x3d/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl