Forward-looking: AMD is reportedly preparing at least two new CPUs for launch in the near future. One appears to belong to the company's gaming-oriented Ryzen X3D lineup for desktops, while the other is a Strix Halo mobile APU in the AI Max+ series. Both chips were recently spotted in an online database, revealing several key specifications.
Correction (Nov 13): The recently reported PassMark listing for the Ryzen 7 9700X3D has since been confirmed as fake. A group of Reddit users admitted they spoofed the CPU identification data on Linux using a standard Ryzen 7 9700X, submitting falsified results to see whether such a benchmark could be faked. This explains the unusually high clock speeds and performance scores that circulated earlier. As such, the 9700X3D has not appeared in any legitimate database, and the incident serves as a reminder to treat unverified single-source benchmarks with caution.
Listings on the PassMark Software database suggest that the two new chips will be marketed as the Ryzen 7 9700X3D and Ryzen AI Max+ 388, respectively. The latter appears to be a scaled-down version of the AI Max+ 395, while the former is expected to slot between the Ryzen 9 9800X3D and the entry-level 9600X3D, which was announced last June but has yet to be released.
According to the listing, the Ryzen 7 9700X3D features eight Zen 5 cores and 16 threads. Its boost speed is listed at 5.8 GHz, though this should be taken with a grain of salt, given that the 9800X3D has a maximum clock of up to 5.2 GHz. On the PassMark benchmarking index, the 9700X3D recorded a multi-thread score of 40,438 and a single-thread score of 4,678.
Meanwhile, the Ryzen AI Max+ 388 will be the fifth chip in the Strix Halo family, following the 395, 390, 385, and 380. The listing suggests it will feature an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 5 CPU and the Radeon 8060S iGPU, equipped with 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units. It also lists 32 MB of L3 cache and 8 MB of L2 cache, but other key specifications – such as clock speeds and TDP – remain unclear.
Alongside the Ryzen AI Max+ 388, AMD is rumored to be developing another Strix Halo APU. Reports suggest that the AI Max+ 392 will feature a 12-core, 24-thread CPU and the Radeon 8060S iGPU, with a maximum boost speed of 5.0 GHz. Beyond that, few details are currently known.
In addition to the 9700X3D, AMD is reportedly preparing at least three other 3D V-Cache processors. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 and Ryzen 7 9850X3D are said to belong to the Granite Ridge Refresh lineup, featuring Zen 5 cores and up to 192 MB of L3 cache. Meanwhile, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D, based on Zen 4 cores, is reportedly aimed at budget-conscious gamers.
AMD prepares Ryzen 7 9700X3D as budget-friendly 3D V-Cache CPU, AI Max+ 388 also appears on PassMark
