Amazon Ships Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 With an Intel CPU Hiding Underneath

A Reddit user bought an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition from Amazon for $899 and found an Intel chip under the heat spreader. Commenters suspect someone delidded a real Ryzen, glued its spreader onto an old Intel CPU and returned the fake to Amazon.

• The fake arrived in a sealed retail box with markings matching the original
• The underside shows a capacitor-filled area instead of AM5 gold contact pads
• A genuine 9950X3D2 costs $899; Amazon has not commented
• A fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D built on a 2011 FX-4100 was reported earlier