Where to buy AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D – the new king of gaming CPUs

AMD’s latest release, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which smashes its way straight to the top spot as the best CPU for gaming, is available for purchase from today (November 7, 2024), and if you want the best processor for pure gaming on your PC, then I’m sure you’ve already got your eyes on this beast of a CPU.

Using AMD’s 3D V-cache technology, the 9800X3D is built for pure gaming prowess. The large cache increases performance, and along with some design changes to the CPU, including moving the cache chip under the die to alleviate the thermal insulation of previous designs, the computer die is now closer to the thermal interface material (IHS) and with increased thermal headroom comes 500 MHz higher base clocks and 200 MHz higher boosts than the previous generation Zen 4 powered Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D comes with eight cores and 16 threads and has a 120W TDP, the MSRP for this new CPU is $479/£449 and should be available from all major tech retailers from today. In our in-depth review of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the processor blew away the competition, beating Intel’s current-generation flagship Core 9 285K CPU by an astonishing 35% on average in our test suite.

Game performance benchmark chart

From our benchmarking chart, you can see the Ryzen 7 9800X3D’s average performance over our 13-game test suite on high/ultra settings at 1080p compared to previous generation AMD CPUs and the competition from Intel. The results showed a significant improvement over other available processors.

Where to buy AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D in the US

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a release MSRP of $479, a slight increase over the release price of the previous 7800X3D. Currently, the 9800X3D may not be available at all retailers, but we will monitor and update the tables below over the next few days as the processor becomes more readily available.

Update: The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is currently sold out at all listed retailers.

Where to buy AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D in the UK

For our UK readers, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D should be in stock at the following retailers.

Update: The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is currently sold out at all listed retailers.