AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Benched on Colorful & Maxsun Boards, 5.6 GHz Max. Clock Recorded

The cadence of AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D-related leaks has increased over the past week and a half; trickling out from an official outlet (by mistake), and shipping information. This uptick suggests an imminent launch of finalized units, possibly at next month’s CES trade show. The highly visible event will provide opportune moments to introduce new and refreshed products alike. Weeks ahead of grand proceedings, Team Red’s motherboard partners seem to be taking the (predicted) next 8-core gaming champion for a spin. Geekbench Browser database entries turned up mid-way through November, but were discovered weeks later by Gray/Olrak29. Test rigs utilized Maxsun’s MS-eSport B850ITX mainboard model, and Colorful’s CVN B850M GAMING FROZEN V14A design.

Both validated sets of Geekbench 6.3 (under Windows 11 64-bit) results indicate performance in the ballpark of AMD’s readily available Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, with multicore scores tallies lower than anticipated. It should be noted that the Maxsun and Colorful test rigs were not running system memory (both 32 GB in total) at maximum transfer rates. Sub-4800 MT/s speeds were recorded during mid-November sessions. VideoCardz notes other possible factors, including the early/in-progress nature of firmware and cautious implementation of power parameters. The Colorful mainboard-based build managed to coax its hosted processor’s core clock up to 5602 MHz, whilst the Maxsun’s CPU sample trailed behind at 5385 MHz. The two database entries list identical credentials for the much-leaked Ryzen 7 9850X3D SKU: 8 cores, 16 threads, 4.70 GHz base clock, and 96 MB of L3 cache. Both test subjects are identified as “Authentic AMD Family 26 Model 68 Stepping 0” units, belonging to the “Granite Ridge” processor generation.