AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 'Fire Range' enthusiast laptop CPU to fight Intel Arrow Lake-HX in 2025

AMD is preparing to take the enthusiast laptop CPU battle to Intel's doorstep at CES 2025 with the introduction of its new Ryzen 9 9955X3D processor.

AMD's new Ryzen 9000HX series "Fire Range" enthusiast laptop processors will be led by the new flagship Ryzen 9 9955X3D processor, introducing X3D V-Cache to mobile processors. The new Fire Range APU will be different to AMD's Strix Point, Strix Halo, and Krackan Point APUs as Fire Range is aiming for the high-performance premium laptop market.

in a new post by leaked Golden Pig Upgrade on Weibo, we're learning that AMD's new flagship Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processor will go head-to-head with the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and Core Ultra 7 255HX processors, which will reportedly not have many improvements at all. The Ryzen 9 9955HX3D will be the first mobile CPU from AMD that will enjoy that additional L3 cache.

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We don't know the exact specifications of AMD's new Fire Range CPUs outside of leaks, but we should expect the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processor to feature 16 cores and 32 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture, and 64MB of 3D V-Cache on one CCD, with another 64MB of cache bringing the total to 128MB of cache on the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processor when it gets revealed at CES 2025... just days from now.