Callaway X Forged (2025) vs Cobra 3DP MB (2026) Irons

Verdict

The Cobra 3DP MB and the Callaway X Forged are both forged muscle backs sold 3-iron through PW with identical lofts, including a 34° 7-iron, so neither has a stock distance edge on paper. The separation comes down to construction and price. The 3DP MB is tagged Multi-Material and Tungsten Weighting, which points to mass being shifted around inside a blade shape rather than one uniform piece of steel. The X Forged keeps it simpler, forged and muscle back, nothing else on the tag. It carries broader editorial recognition, a Golf Digest 78/100 alongside a MyGolfSpy 82/100, while the 3DP MB has the Golf Digest 78/100 alone. At list, the Cobra is $150 cheaper, $1,099 against $1,249.

Pick the Cobra 3DP MB if price and design age matter most. It is the newer set by a year, it costs less at MSRP, and its tungsten and multi-material tags suggest more built-in weighting help than a plain forging. Pick the Callaway X Forged if you want the traditional forged blade with two editorial scores behind it, and if you are patient. As the 2025 model, the X Forged is the one more likely to turn up discounted, which can erase the $150 gap. Feel is a personal call that identical lofts cannot settle for you.