Recent benchmarks hinted that AMD is preparing the Ryzen 7 9700X3D. But a social media post confirmed that such a processor does not yet exist, and the tests were faked via Linux. The author of the publication urged gamers to be more careful about single benchmarks and to check the data before drawing conclusions.
AMD has already introduced several processors with 3D V-Cache. The recently released Ryzen 7 9800X3D continues the tradition, setting new limits for PC gamers.
Rumors about the Ryzen 7 9700X3D turned out to be false. Although AMD previously released the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, there is no similar chip for the Ryzen 7000 line yet.
On Reddit, user A_Canadian_Boi shared how he created a fake PassMark benchmark for the Ryzen 7 9700X3D. Modifying the /proc/cpuinfo file in Linux allowed PassMark to recognize the Ryzen 7 9700X as a 9700X3D chip. The program did not detect any errors and registered the result in the database.
The benchmark showed frequencies higher than those of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. However, the speed could easily be faked. Deception was not the original goal.
