Overall and Final Verdict
With our testing all finished up, did the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D live up to all of the hype? In most ways, yeah it did. More specifically, when it comes to gaming performance it was dominant. Expanding on the already great performance that we saw with the previous generation of 3D V-Cache CPUs from AMD. Beyond gaming though, it also stood out in most of our real-world focused tests like Jetstream browser benchmark and PCMark. But the Ryzen 7 9800X3D did drop down farther in our charts in a lot of the other tests with a lot of those having it perform in the range of the 14600K. That was still a big improvement over the 7800X3D in those same tests, but remember that this is a CPU that you will get the most out of when your main use is gaming. If you will be spending a lot of time encoding, rendering, compressing files, or any of those types of applications there are better options.
Moving the 3D V-Cahce to under the CPU has opened up overclocking and allowed AMD to increase the clock speeds on the 9800X3D. But with that when compared with the previous generation 7800X3D this CPU does pull more power when under load and runs a little warmer as well. But both were still significantly better than what I saw from Intel’s new flagship, the Core Ultra 9 285K. AMD has their new gaming flagship prices with a suggested price of $479. For comparison the 5800X3D and the 7800X3D launched at $449 so the price has gone up. But the Core Ultra 9 285K has a suggested price of $589 making the Ryzen 7 9800X3D look like a value even with the price increase. Overall, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is exciting for gamers and there is no question that this will be the go-to CPU for people looking for the best possible gaming experience.
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