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The AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D might seal Arrow Lake’s fate unless Intel cuts prices to compete with the 9000-series

Jacob Fox, hardware writer

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This week I’ve been: Hardware nerd by day, philosopher by night, as I’ve been rushing to get my Ph.D. thesis finished for its fast-approaching deadline. Oh, and refreshing Amazon pages for some peripherals and other doodads I’m on the lookout for, ever-hopeful and ever-disappointed by UK deal prices.

It’s been a long time coming but we now have official confirmation of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD’s first 9000-series 3D V-Cache CPU. We’ve been told all sorts, including core count, clock speed, TDP, and the fact that the processor will sit on its cache rather than donning it like a hat.

Oh, and we’ve been told its price: $479. That’s $30 more than the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D went for at launch, but it’s not too bad, especially given it’ll be unlocked for overclocking. It’s especially “not bad”, however, compared to Intel’s Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake chips.

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