The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is considered the best CPU for gaming at the moment, but it is almost always out of stock. In a conversation, an AMD manager explained that they were surprised by the demand. This is because, especially, the competitor Intel has problems with its product.
During a small roundtable with AMD executives at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the English-language magazine TomsHardware asked when a better availability of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D could be expected.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D was released on November 7, 2025, and is considered by many gamers and testers to be the best processor for gaming right now. However, the CPU is constantly sold out.
An AMD employee explained that the shortage comes from the fact that there is huge demand, and the competition stumbled over its own product. Intel’s “horrible” product is said to have led to such high demand that far exceeded AMD’s original forecasts.
What did the employee say? Frank Azor is an executive at AMD. He stated in the conversation that the competition, referring to Intel, built a “horrible piece.” And that now causes the demand for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D to be so high. He explained:
We knew that we built a great piece. We did not know that the competitor [Intel] built a horrible piece. The demand was therefore somewhat higher than we had predicted.
Intel’s new “Arrow Lake” CPUs are struggling with performance issues
What kind of problems are these? Intel officially admitted in an interview that there are significant performance issues with its Core Ultra 200 desktop processors (Arrow Lake-S). This is reported by the magazine PCMasters.de. While computing and AI performance are within the expected range, gaming performance is below average. The issues even reached the point where some games would not even start.
The English-language magazine Wccftech.com reports in its analysis that the new “Arrow Lake” processors had absolutely no chance against the Ryzen 7 9800X3D at a price of around 700 euros, “which completely demolished the competition.” However, Intel promised an update for its CPUs that should fix the issues.
More about processors: There is also a lot happening with processors, but AMD still wants to focus on the AM5 socket. However, the old AM4 socket can still be purchased and used. But is AM4 still worth it, or should one simply switch to AM5? AMD: Is AM4 still worth it or should one buy AM5 right away?
