W hen it comes to PC gaming if you’re looking to build a beast of a PC, you want the best components possible, and the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is arguably the best CPU on the market

AMD’s fastest gaming CPU isn’t an easy find, but there are some great alternatives to build around this holiday season.

AMD says the 9950X3D should be around 8 percent faster on average than the previous 7950X3D, based on benchmarks run on 40 games at 1080p. The gaming performance should be similar

AMD begins CES 2025 by launching the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 7 9800X3D, adding on to its world-beating Ryzen 9000 X3D desktop family of processors.

Two new AMD Ryzen gaming CPUs, including the Ryzen 9 9900X3D, look set to make a big impact with massive multi-core and gaming performance.

AMD unveiled two new Ryzen 9 9000-series processors at CES 2025 with frame-rate-boosting 3D V-Cache as its latest top-end desktop chips for gamers and creators.

If you're in the process of building out a new gaming PC and you're looking for the best gaming processor, this is it. Right now, the recently released AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AM5 desktop processor is back in stock at Amazon at its retail price of $479 shipped.

You won't want anything else than this processor for your next gaming rig, so long as your budget can stretch.