ASRock accidentally leaks AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual 3D V-Cache CPU in new press release

There have been several strong rumours circulating about the existence of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. One of the stronger ones is that a leaker on Geekbench recently benchmarked the CPU and found it to be around 7% faster than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D in multi-core tests.

Now, we have another incident that strongly suggests that AMD might be gearing up to launch the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. As first spotted by Videocardz, motherboard manufacturer ASRock recently published a press release that shouts out the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 in all its glory.

Published on the 16th of March 2026, the press release acts as an announcement that all ASRock AM5 motherboards "fully support the newly launched AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor". The press release goes on to say that the newly introduced Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor "offers more cache than ever, giving it higher gaming performance on top of the already extremely performing predecessor".

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The tone and tenor of the announcement make us believe that this was not a simple typo or editorial error. The press release was likely scheduled to be posted at this time, but due to a breakdown in communication somewhere along the line, it did not match up with AMD's launch announcement of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. Perhaps AMD decided to delay the CPU launch at the last minute.

The Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is rumored to have 16 Zen 5 cores, with both chiplets accessing 3D V-Cache memory. This is supposed to be a big improvement over the existing Ryzen 9 9950X3D, which has 3D V-Cache on only one chiplet/CCD. The CPU was first rumored to be launching at CES 2026, but that did not come to pass. Now, after 3 months, there is still no official indicator from AMD that this powerful CPU will ever be launched to the general public.