AMD released the Ryzen 7 9800X3D a few months ago, and it instantly became a favorite among gamers. The demand for the CPU was so high that it was sold out across popular retailers within minutes of its launch. In fact, even these days, it’s extremely difficult to get one (our stock tracker might help). And it seems like Intel is to blame for the low stock issues, at least that’s what AMD believes.
- Cores: 8
- Threads: 16
- Boost clock speed: 5.2GHz
- Base clock speed: 4.7GHz
- L3 cache: 96MB
- TDP: 120W
- Platform: AM5
AMD shares the reason behind 9800X3D low stock issues
The folks over at Tom’s Hardware have been busy at CES 2025, where they attended a small roundtable session with AMD executives. They asked the company about shortage issues linked to the 9800X3D and when the supply is expected to improve, to which AMD replied by saying that Intel’s “horrible” product is the reason behind the ongoing low stock issues. One of AMD’s executives, Frank Azor, said “We knew we built a great part. We didn’t know the competitor [Intel] had built a horrible one.” He continued, “So the demand has been a little higher than we forecasted.”
For those who don’t know, Intel launched its Core Ultra 200S series processors back in October 2024. However, the CPUs failed to impress consumers due to their poor performance. In fact, in some tests, we saw that the Intel 14900K was delivering better performance than its successor, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K. In short, the launch was far from ideal, and AMD believes that this further increased the demand for AMD CPUs, mainly the 9800X3D.
Another AMD executive, David McAfee, further added “We have been ramping our manufacturing capacity, or the monthly, quarterly output of X3D parts, period, and that’s 7000 [series] as well as 9000X3D,” He continued “It’s crazy how much we have increased over what we were planning. I would say the demand we’ve seen for the 9800X3D and the 7800X3D has been unprecedented. So the demand has been higher than ever.” When speaking about when stock issues will get sorted, McAfee said that it takes 12 to 13 weeks to build a traditional semiconductor, and the 3D V-Cache stacking process further increases the time. So it can take three or more months to “ramp output of those products.”
