The launch of AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D is confirmed for January 29, with a recommended retail price of $499. However, some retailers have already shipped units early, leading to leaked performance tests online.
These early results reveal that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D delivers performance nearly identical to that of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. In Cinebench 2026, with the EXPO profile enabled and stock settings, the processor scores 568 points in single-thread performance — the same result achieved by the Ryzen 7 9800X3D under optimal conditions.
Minimal Difference in Performance
So far, no complete single-core and multi-core benchmark data has been leaked, but these results may change once motherboard manufacturers release new BIOS updates. These updates are expected to arrive by the official launch of the Ryzen 7 9850X3D.
It has been confirmed that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D can reach a 5.56 GHz single-core boost clock, which is very close to AMD’s advertised maximum of 5.6 GHz. One user reported being unable to achieve 5.7 GHz on all cores, even when using an MSI MPG X870E Carbon Wi-Fi motherboard with the latest AGESA firmware installed. Stability issues occurred when attempting to maintain 5.7 GHz across all cores.
Some rare samples have reached 5.75 GHz, but this seems to depend on silicon quality. Overall, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is not significantly faster than the 9800X3D — something that was expected. The chip only boosts 400 MHz higher in single-thread workloads, so the multi-threaded performance difference is even smaller.
