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Here we are, after the lukewarm launch of the Intel Core Ultra 200S a fortnight ago, AMD is launching its AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D , a processor in which it has high hopes and which is eagerly awaited by many users. This new processor, part of the new generation of AMD Ryzen 9000, is the successor to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which is still certainly one of the best choices for those looking to equip themselves with a gaming configuration . AMD is also likely to offer a Ryzen 9 9950X3D, but probably not before Q1 2025.
We’ve updated all our test platforms with the latest version of Windows 11 24H2, as well as all the BIOSes for our three test configurations. So we’re off to see what this new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has up its sleeve against the competition from the blue, but also from the latest generation of 9000Xs.
Thanks to AMD for making this copy of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D available to us. As part of this test, AMD also supplied us with an X870E motherboard, an SSD containing an image of Windows 11 and a G.SKILL 6000 MT/s CL28 memory kit. We’ll come back to these various components in the ‘Test protocol’ section.
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Before starting our tests, we couldn’t do anything else than tell you what’s new about this new Ryzen 9000X3D compared with the previous generation of Ryzen 7000X3Ds. With the Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, AMD unveils its second generation of AMD 3D V-cache technology.
The main difference lies in the location of this cache. Previously, the 3D V-cache was superimposed on the “Zen 3” cores for the Ryzen 5800X3D and on the “Zen 4” cores for the Ryzen 7000X3D. With this second generation of AMD 3D V-cache, it has been placed below rather than above the processor cores. As a result, the main source of heat, the “Zen 5” cores, is taken care of directly by your cooling solution. The 3D V-cache memory is less sensitive to temperature than the processor cores, which is a considerable development for this second generation. Thanks to cooler temperatures, it is possible to maintain higher operating frequencies in single- or multithreaded tasks than with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. The gain with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a base frequency 500 MHz higher and a boost frequency 200 MHz higher than with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
This evolution should enable our AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D to achieve multithreaded performance close to that of the Ryzen 7 9700X when it takes advantage of the 105 watt TDP option. You can see this for yourself in our tests, as we tested the Ryzen 5 9600X and the Ryzen 7 9700X at 65 and 105 watts to highlight the differences in performance.
In terms of technical specifications, our AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores and 16 threads, a boost frequency of up to 5.2 GHz, 104 MB of cache and a TDP of 120 watts. Finally, AMD is announcing an average gain of around 8% over the previous generation, i.e. the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
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We’re pleased to present our new test protocol. It was time to update it and, above all, to expand the benchmark series we use. It was also an opportunity to update our test platforms with the arrival of the X870E and Z890 chipsets. We also took the opportunity to give our graphics a facelift to make them visually clearer. And don’t forget that we’re going to be adding even more in the coming weeks, with the addition of the Ryzen 7000 series as well as other 14th Gen Intel processors such as the i5 14500, i5 14400F and i3 14100.
We have also equipped our OBT Edition V2 benchmark table with the Benchlab measurement tool, which will now enable us to correctly measure the single voltage of the processor and soon also of the graphics cards via the Benchlab PR 1.0 software.
Test configurations :
Here are the details of the different test configurations that will be used for all the benchmarks :
- Intel motherboard: ROG Maximus Z790 APEX Encore (BIOS 1703) for Intel 14th GEN, ROG Maximus Z890 APEX (BIOS 0806) for Core Ultra and ROG Crosshair X890E HERO (BIOS 0605) for Ryzen 9000/7000.
- Processor: Intel Raptor Lake 14e GEN, Intel Core Ultra 200S and AMD Ryzen 9000/7000
- Memory: 48 GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 8000 MT/s CL40 and 32 GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo 8000 MT/s CL38
- Graphics card: ROG Strix RTX 4090 OC
- Cooling system: Optimus V3 Intel or AMD waterblock with Alphacool Eiszeit 2000 chiller
- Power supply: be quiet! Dark Power 13 1000w
- Operating system: Windows 11 64-bit 24H2 (26100.2161) without optimisation
AMD press kit for this launch :
In addition to our copy of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD provided us with a motherboard with the X870E chipset, a G.SKILL 6000 MT/s C28 EXPO memory kit and a 1 TB Samsung 990PRO SSD containing an image of Windows 11 for our tests. We didn’t use the memory kit because all our previous tests with AMD Ryzen 9000/7000 processors were carried out with an 8000 MT/s memory kit. So we wanted to keep our tests fair.
As for the SSD, and therefore the pre-installed OS, we chose not to use it. In keeping with our protocol, we preferred to use the same components as for other AMD processors. Referring to AMD’s review guide on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, our various tests coincided with what we were entitled to expect from its performance. If we had experienced performance issues, we would have used this SSD to find out what the problem was. Thanks to AMD for making this complete kit available to us.
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As with every new processor test, our first idea is to check whether the advertised frequencies are actually achieved. To do this, we’re going to use the Cinebench R23 benchmark. Two scenarios will be used: a single-core benchmark and a multi-core benchmark. The idea is to be able to judge the frequency achieved and compare it with what Intel has announced in its slides.
Remember that the Boost frequency in the bench differs according to the processor. As Intel points out, when we talk about Max Turbo frequency, we are talking about the maximum frequency achievable by one of the processor cores running a single-core(mono-threaded ) workload. This frequency varies according to several factors: the load, the cooling system and therefore the temperature of your processor. It’s important to keep this in mind.
The first step is to activate only the XMP I profile in the BIOS before running the tests under Cinebench R23. As with all other processors, the power management mode under Windows 11 is high performance.
Test with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D :
As we begin this first series of tests, we can’t do without thinking about the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and its operating frequencies. It reached a frequency of 5045 MHz on single-core tasks. With our Ryzen 7 9800X3D, a frequency of 5225 MHz is reached on core #2, which works alternately with core #4.
As far as multi-core tasks are concerned, when the 8 cores of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D were used, the frequency varied between 4850 and 4875 MHz. Here, the 8 cores of our Ryzen 7 9800X3D reach frequencies of 5225 MHz!
So we can actually see that frequencies have improved, whether on single-core or multi-core tasks. Now that we know that our Ryzen 7 9800X3D is fully operational, it’s time for our various tests!
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First of all, if you haven’t already done so, we invite you to read the page dedicated to the protocol in order to understand the different profiles present in the BIOS of our ROG Maximus Z890 APEX concerning the 14th Gen Intel processors as well as the new Core Ultra 200S. The idea behind our choice of benchmarks is mainly to be able to run them at home so that you can compare your readings with ours.
AIDA 64 :
This is a piece of software capable of providing you with a great deal of information about your configuration, but above all it has a memory benchmark. This calculates the read, write and copy speeds, as well as the latency, of your memory kit. It is often used to compare memory kits. It’s an excellent tool if you want to compare the performance of your memory kit with those we’ve already tested. The version used for testing is v7.35.7030 beta.
There’s nothing surprising in the results: we’re looking at performance on a par with the Ryzen 9600X and 9700X. Latency, on the other hand, is much higher than the other Ryzen 9000Xs.
CPUZ Benchmark 17.01.64 :
Using it couldn’t be easier: just download the latest version of CPU-Z, which is currently version 2.11. Then go to the ‘ Bench ‘ tab to check single-thread and multi-thread performance. The benchmark version we used is 17.01.64.
For the various benchmarks, we’ll be taking a look at the performance of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, as well as the Ryzen 7 9700X. The single-core score improves markedly, and in multi-core, it comes very close to the R7 9700X.
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Cinebench R23:
How does this version differ from its predecessors? Firstly, it’s more realistic in terms of the score obtained depending on the processor used. As a reminder, Cinebench only tests the capabilities of your processor in single or multi-thread mode. But the main difference is that the benchmark lasts 10 minutes by default! MAXON’s idea with Cinebench R23 is to offer a benchmark that provides a degree of stability in terms of temperature and boost frequencies. Here we’ll be testing the fast version in Single Core and Multi Core.
As with CPU-Z, the single-core score is much better than that of the R7 7800X3D, with a gain of 15%, while the multi-core score exceeds that of the R7 9700X at 105 watts.
Cinebench R24 :
As you might expect, this is the latest version of MAXON’s Cinebench benchmark. It was released in September 2023 to provide more accurate testing for current and next-generation CPUs. You’ll see straight away that the scores are lower, the benchmark lasts longer and it’s also possible to evaluate your graphics card.
The same applies to the 2024 edition of Cinebench, which bodes well for other benchmarks.
Geekbench 3.4.4 :
This is a benchmark available in several revisions, with version 5 being used more and more in recent months and often used for CPU performance leaks, although the latest version is slowly taking over. It allows you to obtain two scores: one in single core and the other in multi-core. To take full advantage of this benchmark, you will need a licence. Even if this benchmark is no longer really up to date, it is still very often used by overclockers to highlight the memory score .
The latest Ryzen 9000X are the most productive in single core, even if the ranking returns to a more logical order when we switch to the multi-core score. The new R7 9800X3D is once again ahead of the R7 9700X.
Geekbench 5.2.5 :
Like the version above, version 5 of Geekbench allows you to test memory and processor performance. We’ve decided to add this extra benchmark, but why? The CPU benchmark uses new tests that more closely simulate the tasks faced by processors in recent applications. Geekbench 5 also increases the memory used during the benchmark to better reflect the impact of this parameter on the CPU results.
As with version 3.4.4, AMD dominates thesingle core part of the benchmark, even though our R7 9800X3D lags behind. On the other hand, there’s no problem with multi-core.
Geekbench 6.3.0 :
We recently received a key for version 6 of Geekbench. So we took advantage of the change in configuration to add this new benchmark to our test suite. This is the latest benchmark and is intended to be more representative of current configurations. Primate Labs also assures us that the scores displayed by Geekbench 6 are more accurate in relation to the various existing devices and platforms. The test is also much longer than the other two versions we use.
With this latest test, the gaps have narrowed and although it’s still the Ryzen 9 9950X that dominates the single core, our R7 9800X3D is the worst performer of the Ryzen 9000s. No worries in multi-core, where it does almost as well as the i9 14900KS.
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V-Ray 6 :
A new benchmark in addition to those we use to test our processors. The V-Ray 6 benchmark is produced by the company Chaos to enable users to quickly evaluate the rendering speeds of this benchmark for both your processor and your graphics card. We’re also thinking of adding this benchmark to our next GPU tests.
The advantage of this benchmark is that it’s free and can be downloaded directly by following this link. You can then compare your score directly with those below or directly online on the Chaos page.
The graph remains the same, with a clear improvement over the R7 9800X3D and slightly better performance than the R7 9700X.
Corona 10:
This is another benchmark from Chaos, which can be downloaded by following this link. The advantage of these two benchmarks is that you can measure the performance of your system by rendering a scene, but without having to run (or even install) any other software, as will be the case for the next test.
The profile of this graphic doesn’t change and offers an identical ranking to our R7 9800X3D, even outperforming the Core Ultra 5 245K.
Blender 4.2:
Blender is a free software package for modelling, computer animation and 3D rendering. We have chosen to download the rendering of “BMW27”. The principle of this benchmark is to calculate the rendering of the image. We will evaluate the performance of the different processors according to the time needed to complete the rendering. As you can see, the faster the better! You can download Blender and the BMW27 renderer free of charge to test this benchmark.
To conclude with the rendering benchmarks, our R7 9800X3D once again achieves an excellent position in the graphics.
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7-Zip 19.0:
This benchmark is an integral part of the Benchmate software, which we also use for Cinebench tests. The advantage of this tool is that it is validated by Hwbot and can therefore be used to encode your scores directly onto the platform.
7-Zip, as its name suggests, is a file compression and decompression benchmark. You can either use the one available directly in the 7-zip utility, which will give you a compression score and a decompression score. Here, with 7-Zip 19.0, the result is an overall score that takes into account compression and decompression performance. Here too, Benchmate is free, so you can evaluate your score with your configuration.
The score obtained with our R7 9800X3D enables it to outperform the i5 14600K and the Core Ultra 5 245K.
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Let’s start with a series of synthetic tests that we use regularly. We’ve opted for the CPU scores of the benchmarks in the 3DMark series. The idea is to isolate only the CPU score by creating a custom test.
Here are the results for Fire Strike and Time Spy. In Fire Strike, the physics (CPU) test is identical for both the ‘standard’ and ‘ultra’ versions. As a result, you’ll only see the Fire Strike score. For Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme, on the other hand, the tests are different, so you’ll get both scores. These scores are of great interest to overclockers, so they can choose the platform with the best performance to break as many records as possible. We’ve also decided to add the ‘CPU Profile’ benchmark, retaining only the max-threads score.
3DMark CPU Profile :
The 3DMark CPU Profile introduces a new approach to CPU benchmarking. Instead of producing a single figure, the 3DMark CPU Profile shows you how your CPU’s performance changes and evolves according to the number of cores and threads used. The 3DMark CPU Profile includes six tests that help you evaluate and compare CPU performance for gaming and other activities. Run all six tests to get a more complete picture of CPU performance.
We have chosen to isolate only the max-threads score, which represents the full performance potential of the CPU when using all available threads.
Unsurprisingly, the performance is very similar, with the R7 9800X3d running neck and neck with the R7 9700X at 105 watts.
CPU score at Fire Strike :
Let’s start with 3DMark Fire Strike, which is one of the most widely used benchmarks today. It consists of two graphics tests, a CPU test and a fourth test that combines GPU and CPU. Don’t forget to disable the demo, which makes no difference to the final score and (unnecessarily) prolongs the benchmark.
This benchmark has difficulties with processors with many cores. If you’re looking for the best performance, you’ll need to disable some of them.
CPU score in Time Spy :
The second test is 3DMark Time Spy. Although this one is performed in 1440p, its main feature is that it uses DirectX 12. It consists of two graphics tests and a CPU test. As with Fire Strike, don’t forget to disable the demo. These first two benchmarks are provided by UL Benchmark.
An excellent score for our Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which is even better than the previous-generation Ryzen 9 7950X.
CPU score at Time Spy Extreme :
The second test is 3DMark Time Spy. Although this one is performed in 2160p, its main feature is that it uses DirectX 12. It consists of two graphics tests and a CPU test. As with Fire Strike, don’t forget to disable the demo.
This last test is just like the previous ones, and allows us to state that overall, our R7 9800X3D, in multi-core tasks, is on a par with the R7 9700X at 105 watts.
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This is where we’ll see whether the promises made by Intel at the launch of the Intel Core Ultra 200S turn out to be true. As a reminder, we used the solution offered by Benchlab, which allows the processor and graphics card to be monitored independently. For the test itself, we activated the Intel Default Settings Performance profile and enabled the XMP profile.
As far as power consumption is concerned, we used the Cinebench R23 benchmark and carried out three sessions in Multi Core to obtain an average. This will give us the power consumption of our processor as measured by the Benchlab software. We’ll also be adapting these readings for our upcoming graphics card tests. We’ll be back with a more detailed article on the software and how to use this Benchlab monitoring system.
The good news is that the power consumption of the new Ryzen 9000X is still under control. Note, however, the difference between the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X at 65 and 105 watts. There’s also a big difference between the two generations of X3D. Despite a TDP of 120 watts, the higher frequencies increase power consumption.
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For the gaming section, we settled for two definitions, 1080p and 1440p, in order to compare the different processors. We omitted the 720p definition, even though it sometimes shows greater differences between processors, and is of course useless. As for 2160p, or 4K definition, it’s the graphics card that’s the key 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 with ours if you also have a copy of one of these games. 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 haven’t yet been able to get our hands on it.
The ‘Turbo Game Mode’ option:
During our tests of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D on the ROG Crosshair X870E HERO motherboard, AMD informed us that ASUS was offering a new revision of its BIOS, the 0606, which should be the final version of the 0605 beta BIOS we used for our tests. This BIOS features the ‘Turbo Game Mode’ option, defined by ASUS as follows: ” Turbo Game Mode enables optimized gaming performance by disabling second CCD and SMT, allowing for a more focused and efficient use of processing power in certain games.
Note: While Turbo Game Mode can enhance performance in some games, the improvement will vary depending on the game. Disabling CCD (Core Complex Die) and Simultaneous multithreading (SMT) may impact the performance of other applications, particularly those related to productivity. Use this mode selectively based on your specific needs.
We also tested this option in our various games, but only in 1080p definition.
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 7 9800X3D has already taken the top spot. There are already smaller gaps in 1440p.
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 two X3D processors are neck and neck, whether in 1080p or 1440p.
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.
In the first game, the differences are really significant at 1080p. Note that this difference persists at 1440p.
Watch Dogs Legion :
Let’s move on to Watch Dogs Legion, which will also be used for our Ray Tracing tests. For our benchmarks, we’ve opted for a graphics quality of ” very high
“. Even though this game isn’t very recent, it’s still quite interesting because it requires a lot of memory on the graphics card.
This game is interesting because it’s the second time that ‘Turbo Game Mode’ has failed to deliver superior performance. So it will be interesting, at the end of our benchmarks, to measure the gains between this mode and normal use of our R7 9800X3D.
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 various processors are less significant here, even if in 1080p, the R7 9700X lags a little behind.
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. The gaps narrow completely when we switch to 1440p.
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 is one of the most frequently used benchmarks, enabling our Ryzen 7 9800XD to get close to an average of 400 FPS in 1080p.
The average of our 8 games :
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D was chosen as the benchmark for the game average. 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 9800X3D, AMD announced an average gain of 8%, but we ended up scoring 6.4%. So the new Ryzen X3D processor does slightly better, even if you have to bear in mind that its frequencies are higher. At 1440p, the difference is only 2.9%, and almost unperceptible at 2160p. So it’s important to know the definition in which you want to play in order to know whether it’s better to favour the graphics card or the processor.
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Good news when it comes to overclocking, as things will be totally different from what we experienced with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. AMD has confirmed that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D will benefit from the same overclocking options as the other processors in the 9000X range. So we’ll be able to take advantage of the free multiplier to try and push our sample to the limit!
As a reminder, with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, we could only modify the BCLK frequency, with fairly limited gains, and above all, a processor that became a veritable mini-oven. Let’s start by overclocking the processor before moving on to the memory.
Overclocking our Ryzen 7 9800X3D :
There is (no longer) any processor overclocking profile in the BIOS. We thought we’d seen one on previous BIOSes, but on the latest one, 0606, there’s nothing, apart from an LN2 profile.
So, straight to Windows 11 to use the AMD Ryzen Master software. If you’re a regular visitor to our site, you’ll be familiar with this software. It will allow us to modify the multiplication coefficient of each core independently. This is the strong point of this Ryzen 7 9800X3D compared with the previous generation. During our frequency tests, we noticed that when all 8 cores are used, the frequency is 5225 MHz. The idea is to exceed this frequency.
After a series of tests, we were able to reach 5500 MHz on the 8 cores with a voltage of 1.20 volts(Lvl 7 calibration). Our Cinebench R23 score went from 23449 to 24867 points, a gain of 5.8%.
Overclocking the 2 x 16 GB G.SKILL 8000 MT/s CL38 kit:
EXPO profiles :
There are several ways of optimising the performance of our memory kit. The first, of course, is not to forget to activate the EXPO profile in the BIOS, otherwise your kit will run at 4800 MT/s CL40. Our latest tests also showed that the Tweaked EXPO profile performed even better than the ‘simple’ EXPO profile.
You can see the differences in performance between these two profiles above. Let’s see how we can improve our performance even further.
BIOS memory profiles :
All ROG cards have a series of memory profiles in their BIOS. Some are interesting, others less so. With our kit already running at 8000 MT/s, we’re unlikely to get any better profiles. As we thought, the best profile in 2 x 16 GB is 7600 MT/s, but in CL36 and with tighter timings. So we’re going to activate this profile and keep the 8000 MT/s frequency, and hope that it works.
And yes, it’s perfectly stable and we were able to carry out our tests under AIDA64 and Geekbench 3 without difficulty. The performance is particularly interesting for the single-core score.
Manual overclocking:
We’ve already got a series of profiles in mind that we’re going to try and run. The idea is to further improve our scores. A good indicator will be to see if the memory score under Geekbench 3 increases again. Despite all our tests, our best profile remains at 8000 MT/s in CL32 with an FCKL frequency of 2200 MHz.
To finish on a high note, we combined our OC profile for the processor with that for the memory. While the Cinebench R23 score hardly varies at all, this is not the case for Geekbench 3. The single core score rises from 9588 to 10674 points (11.3%) and the multi core score from 69221 to 74101 points (7%).
Now that we’ve taken a full look at the performance of this AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, it’s time to give you our impressions of the latest addition to the AMD range.
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Our first impression: “Perfect timing for the arrival of this new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D! The lackluster launch of the Intel Core Ultra 200S, especially on the gaming side, left a perfect niche if the Ryzen 7 9800X3D could fit in, and it has.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D :
The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D unquestionably has a number of advantages over the previous generation. This new processor performs better, heats up much less and, above all, has the same overclocking potential as the other Ryzen 9000X processors.
But we’re still a little disappointed. Given the increased frequencies of this new R7 9800X3D, we could have hoped for more than an average 6-8% gain in gaming performance . We’d almost be inclined to say that it’s the increased frequencies that actually deliver this gain, and not the new 9000X architecture. However, our other readings of the 1% low FPS show a very interesting gain for the R7 9800X3D with, for example, on COD Modern Warfare 3, a 1% low at 218 FPS for the 9800X3D, 198 FPS for the 7800X3D and 175 FPS for the 9700X. If you add overclocking and cooler temperatures, these are real pluses for this newcomer! It’s hard to say whether our example has excellent overclocking potential, but it’s not worried about keeping up with 5.5 Ghz on all cores!
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X (105w) :
Overall performance in our various multi-core benchmarks is close, and even often to the advantage of our R7 9800X3D. Once we pit them against each other in the gaming section, an even bigger gap emerges. Now let’s not forget that these two processors are not at all on a similar price scale, since the Ryzen 7 9700X is currently on sale in Germany at 355 euros, while our R7 9800X3D will cost over 500 euros.
All in all, a successful gamble coupled with perfect timing makes this new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D the new king of gaming! What’s more, AMD is determined to push hard for its new-generation Ryzen 9000X processor by lowering launch prices. The price received from AMD France indicates a recommended retail price of 529.90 euros, or around thirty euros more than the 7800X3D sold in Germany. It remains to be seen how many processors will be available at launch, and what prices will be charged in France.
And what about Intel?
Well, it’s complicated! While the Intel Core Ultra 200S gave us full satisfaction in the synthetic benchmarks, things are more complicated in the gaming section where the Core Ultra 9 285K fails to do as well as the i9 14900K(S), from the previous generation. The arrival of Intel profiles integrated into manufacturers’ latest BIOSes doesn’t help the blues. We’re still wondering about Windows 11 24H2. Despite a perfectly up-to-date OS, we’re still experiencing installation problems with some Z890 motherboards. As far as performance is concerned, we’re not convinced by the results of the Core Ultra 200S .
We’re not the only ones asking these questions, and we’re rather surprised that Intel hasn’t communicated more on the subject. Naturally, we’ll be keeping a close eye on updates over the coming weeks to see if anything changes in terms of gaming performance. The absence of any communication from Intel regarding the longevity of socket LGA-1851 does not reassure potential buyers either. We’ll end with this question: “What if Intel had a processor with vcache3D in the pipeline?
Thanks to AMD for making this copy of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D available.
