AMD might have only just launched its new Ryzen 9 9950X3D high-end gaming and productivity chip, but we're already starting to hear rumors of the next generation. The future Ryzen 10000 CPUs, based on a future Zen 6 architecture,

While AMD’s first Zen 5 CPUs disappointed everyone in gaming, the latest X3D versions have more than made up for that. The 9800X3D became the best gaming CPU last year, and now the 9950X3D greatly improves creator workloads while mostly maintaining that stellar gaming performance.

The four non-3D Zen 5-based AMD Ryzen processors top our leaderboard when it comes to price per core. Data collated at the beginning of March 2025 shows that the 9900X, the 9950X, the 9700X and the 9600X are the most competitive price wise.