Ultimately, AMD might be a victim of its own success. Prior to today's losses, its stock price had roughly doubled over the past year. With concerns about a possible AI stock bubble mounting, many investors were likely looking for a reason to sell.

A clash of the titans in 2026, perhaps?

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D mostly does what it says it does: It’s a mild speed bump to AMD’s best gaming processor that, in most cases, very slightly extends the company’s performance lead over Intel chips like the Core Ultra 9 285K.

AMD’s follow-up, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, is technically faster, but you’d be hard-pressed to tell them apart when you’re actually gaming. As a result, I don’t see any reason for existing 9800X3D owners to upgrade,

Just bear in mind that Intel's Panther Lake has a bit of FRED, too.

With the release of AMD’s 9850X3D, iBUYPOWER has announced it is now offering new PC configurations equipped with the CPU, as well as configurations for both AMD’s 9000 Series and Nvidia ‘s 5000 Series GPUs. Currently, the CPU is only available for custom builds, with pre-built versions coming soon.

Advanced Micro Devices reported fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday that topped expectations and provided a stronger-than-expected forecast.

AMD ( AMD) is set to report fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, and investors will watch out for the company’s data center business expansion, as competition in the artificial intelligence space intensifies, along with updates on the production timeline for MI455 and customer engagement for MI355.

AMD CEO Lisa Su said the company picked up market share in servers during the fourth quarter due to accelerated customer adoption of its fifth-generation EPYC Turin central processing units. The company’s Turin CPUs made up more than half of AMD's total server chip revenue,