Promise. March 20, 2025: We have added the new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D to the page as the rightful king of the best high-end CPU section. We did consider putting it in as the overall best gaming CPU ...

This is more than the Ryzen 7 7700X's 65 watts, but less than the two existing Ryzen 9 170 watts out of the box. The PPT/PL2 status for the processor is set at 120 Watt, which means it may utilize ...