The Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU with 3D V-Cache can be overclocked, and the proof is in a new Geekbench submission showcasing a 260 MHz faster boost clock speed.

Just hours after motherboard companies beat them to it, AMD has officially announced the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the first next-gen 3D V-Cache processor, set to retail at $479. And we now know what AMD meant back in June when it spoke of 9000X3D's 'really cool differentiators', because it features a different design to the 7000X3D chips.

It's reported that upon a closeup inspection of the die a layer normally seen at the top of AMD's X3D parts is no longer visible and is suspected to be underneath the die. It also appears that whoever provided the images used a Thermal Grizzly Delid-Die-Mate originally designed for the Ryzen 7000 series CPUs,