--- title: AM4 deserved one last flagship — here's why the 5950X3D... description: AMD showed off working 12-core and 16-core Zen 3 X3D prototypes back in 2023, proving a 5950X3D was technically feasible. The author argues that AMD's AM4 10th... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/am4-deserved-one-last-flagship-here-s-why-the-5950x3d-would-ve-been-it-iyrvekjrt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AM4 deserved one last flagship — here's why the 5950X3D would've been it | daily.dev og:description: AMD showed off working 12-core and 16-core Zen 3 X3D prototypes back in 2023, proving a 5950X3D was technically feasible. The author argues that AMD's AM4 10th... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/am4-deserved-one-last-flagship-here-s-why-the-5950x3d-would-ve-been-it-iyrvekjrt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iyRvEkjrT.png og:image:alt: AM4 deserved one last flagship — here's why the 5950X3D would've been it og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AM4 deserved one last flagship — here's why the 5950X3D would've been it **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AMD showed off working 12-core and 16-core Zen 3 X3D prototypes back in 2023, proving a 5950X3D was technically feasible. The author argues that AMD's AM4 10th Anniversary Edition was the perfect opportunity to release a 16-core X3D flagship — a chip that would have given AM4 users a meaningful upgrade path without switching to the increasingly expensive AM5 platform. Instead, AMD played it safe by re-releasing the 5800X3D, missing a chance to give the platform a proper send-off. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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