AMD has suggested that the demand for Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs is higher than forecasted, causing shortages. It blames Intel Arrow Lake for it.
AMD Ryzen 9800X3D is, without doubt, the greatest CPU ever made for gaming. It follows what now can be called a rich legacy of CPUs that are AMD Ryzen 5800X3D and AMD Ryzen 7800X3D.
Both of them have been bestsellers. Now even Ryzen 9800X3D has become a bestseller.
However, it suffers from shortages worldwide. AMD has given a surprising answer to it.
9800X3D Shortages Due To Demand & Intel
In an interview to Tom’s Hardware, AMD has given many reasons behind the shortage of Ryzen 98003XD processors.
The first reason AMD executive Frank Azor has given is that the demand for Ryzen 9800X3D is little higher than forecasted. He also says that the demand for the Ryzen 7800X3D and Ryzen 9800X3D has been unprecedented.
The another reason, he says, is that while AMD knew they made a great product, they didn’t know that their competitor (Intel) had made a horrible product.
He’s most likely referring to how bad Intel Arrow Lake performs in its reviews. It’s the first CPU series we have seen that has seen performance regression when compared to previous-gen CPU series.
Interestingly, Tom’s Hardware tested newer updates which Intel claims fixes the performance, but Tom’s Hardware found it to decrease the performance further.
It means no one is buying Intel Arrow Lake and hence more people are buying AMD Ryzen 9800X3D processor.
AMD also explains how it takes longer to make X3D CPUs. It says that while normal CPUs are produced from wafer to final product within approximately a year, X3D CPUs takes a quarter (three months) more to fully ramp up the production.
It explains how it builds the CPU core chips, besides creating the X3D cache chip, then stacks them on top. All this adds up and takes a considerable time.
AMD adds that new Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPUs will not help reduce the shortages either as people prefer 8-core X3D CPUs like 9800X3D, 7800X3D and 5800X3D over the 16-core and 12-core ones 10 to 1.
It also says that the company is working hard to catch up with the higher demand.
Tom’s Hardware also contacted Intel whether it has any answer to the AMD’s X3D CPUs, to which Intel declined to reply, saying that they don’t speak about unannounced products.
