New benchmarks of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D showcase its impressive overclocking potential and performance gains over previous-generation X3D chips. Overclocked to 5.5 GHz, the CPU demonstrates a substantial lead in single-core performance.
Overclocking Performance
Tested on Geekbench 6.3 with an ROG Crosshair X870E Hero motherboard and 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D achieved remarkable scores. At 5.5 GHz, it scored 3473 points in single-core and 19,216 points in multi-core tests. This represents a performance improvement of up to 27% over its predecessor. The multi-core score also rivals the Ryzen 9 7950X and Core Ultra 7 265K, despite their higher core and thread counts.
Gaming Performance Claims
AMD claims the Ryzen 7 9800X3D offers an average 8% performance uplift over the 7800X3D and a substantial 20% improvement over the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K in gaming.
Specifications and Pricing
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture. Key specifications include:
- Base Clock: 4.7 GHz (boost up to 5.2 GHz)
- Cache: 32MB L3, 64MB 3D V-Cache (2nd Gen), 8MB L2 (total 104MB)
- TDP: 120W
The CPU launches on November 7th with a price of $479 US.
