"What we didn't really find in our testing was evidence that the extra 64MB of L3 cache meaningfully improved performance beyond what the regular 9950X3D can already do."
"Games are the most commonly cited use case for the X3D chips because they're consumer apps that like extra cache, but they don't need that many CPU cores under most circumstances."
"An $899 chip that isn't that much faster than a $660 chip highlights just how much performance you could already get out of chips like AMD's $660 9950X3D."
"Costs a lot, without tons of tangible benefit."
The 9950X3D2 does not significantly outperform the regular 9950X3D, requiring specific workloads to see benefits from the extra cache. While games benefit from additional cache, they do not utilize all CPU cores effectively. The 9950X3D2 may appeal to niche users with specialized needs, but most consumers may find better value in existing models like the 9950X3D or 9950X. The 9950X3D2 is expensive, with only slight performance gains and similar power consumption compared to its predecessor.
Read at Ars Technica
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