Games in 1080p:
For the gaming section, we made do with 1080p definition in order to compare the different processors. We didn’t use 720p definition, because even though it sometimes shows greater differences between processors, it is of course useless. As for 1440p definition, there are still slight differences, and in 2160p, or 4K, it’s the graphics card that is the central element, and the differences between the different processors are insignificant most of the time.
We chose to use the benchmarks built into these different games.
Why have we done this? Quite simply to allow you to compare your results if you also have a copy of one of these games. It’s a thought-provoking idea that will allow you to compare your results with ours. Of course, the games selected are those we use for our graphics card tests.
Now that all our test platforms are fully up to date, we will be adding the other processors in the Intel Core Ultra 200S and Ryzen 9000X ranges over the coming weeks. The presence of the Core Ultra 7 265K would have been interesting, but at the time of writing we still hadn’t been able to get our hands on it. As for the Ryzen 9 9950X, we weren’t able to keep our copy, so it’s not included in our graphics.
Borderlands 3:
Let’s get started with the Borderlands game. The graphics options are set to ” Brutal “. It’s worth noting that Borderlands 3 is quite greedy and that this choice of settings has quite a strong impact on FPS. It’s a game that’s very often praised when new graphics cards are announced, and precisely in this ‘Brutal’ mode.
Here we go with the first game, and the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D is already in the lead. The gain with the Ryzen 9 9950X is 5%.
Red Dead Redemption 2:
Second and by no means least, the sublime Red Dead Redemption II. The advantage of this opus is that you can test the integrated Vulkan benchmark. We’re opting for the ‘ ultra ‘ graphics options.
Second game and, here, our three X3D processors are neck and neck, with the Intel CPUs slightly behind.
Far Cry 6:
Far Cry 6 supports DXR as well as FSR from AMD. You’ll also find it on the next page. For our benchmarks, we opted for ‘ ultra ‘ graphics quality.
This is the first game where the differences are really significant at 1080p. The two new latest-generation X3Ds are at the forefront.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage :
With a fairly recent integrated benchmark, we decided to add Assassin’s Creed Mirage to our tests.
The differences between the different processors are less pronounced here, although for the first time the Ryzen 9 9950X3D is outperformed by an Intel processor.
Cyberpunk 2077:
A staple of CPU and GPU tests, let’s move on to Cyberpunk 2077 with ‘ultra’ graphics quality.
We put our R7 9800X3D back in the limelight with first place in 1080p and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D in third place.
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3:
We couldn’t do without adding Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 to our CPU tests, with graphics quality for the various benchmarks selected as ‘ Extreme ‘.
AMD processors have an undeniable advantage when it comes to 1080p definition.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider:
Certainly one of the most widely used benchmarks, as it’s completely free. For our benchmarks, we opted for ‘ very high ‘ graphics quality.
Last but not least, Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, a benchmark we use very often, enabled our Ryzen 9 9950X3D to take second place.
The average performance of our 7 games :
For the games average, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D was chosen as the benchmark to compare with the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D. The other processors score either higher or lower depending on their performance against this model.
At the time of the online presentation of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, AMD announced an average gain of 8%, but we ended up with 6.4%. So the new Ryzen X3D processor does slightly better, even if you have to bear in mind that its frequencies are higher. Compared with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, AMD announced an average gain of 20%, but here we’re on 19.7%, which is right on target. Bear in mind that these differences are clearly noticeable at 1080p, but will be virtually non-existent at 2160p, where it’s the graphics card that will make most of the difference.
