The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor is the new gaming CPU champ. It's an excellent chip, but the 9800X3D is still a stellar option too.

But why, though?

AMD’s follow-up, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, is technically faster, but you’d be hard-pressed to tell them apart when you’re ...

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D mostly does what it says it does: It’s a mild speed bump to AMD’s best gaming processor that, in most ...

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is a lightly souped-up version of the existing 9800X3D—same core and thread counts, TDP, and base clock speed, but with a higher boost clock. Its MSRP also climbs slightly—$499 ...