Real World Speed
Performance profile from 19,869 user samples
12,613 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 122% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 110% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 110% Great: 122%
SPEED RANK: 34th / 1407
Gaming
Gaming 117%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 118%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 119%
UFO
7,256 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 122% Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.45 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 102% Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 102% Great: 122%
SPEED RANK: 54th / 1407
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 115%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 117%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
117 % +5% 112 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
95.6 Pts Lower memory latency.
+16%
82.4 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
193 Pts 209 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+8%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
383 Pts 402 Pts +5%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
743 Pts 756 Pts +2%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
1,356 Pts +2% 1,331 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
98.9 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+7%
92.7 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
200 Pts 218 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+9%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
397 Pts 432 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+9%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
787 Pts 850 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+8%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1,527 Pts 1,615 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+6%
Market Share
Based on 70,572,307 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.77 % Hugely higher market share.
+175%
0.28 %
Value
Value For Money
105 % 110 % Slightly better value.
+5%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
95 % Much more popular.
+34%
71 %
Price
Price (score)
€379 €266 Cheaper.
+30%
Age
Newest
26+ Months More recent.
+21%
33 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1,857 Pts 1,975 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+6%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1,742 Pts 1,895 Pts Slightly faster 64-core speed.
+9%

The AMD 7000X3D CPUs have the same core architecture as the rest of the 7000 series but they have one group of eight "3D" cores with extra cache. The “3D” cores are priced higher but run at 10% lower clocks. For most real-world tasks performance is comparable to the 7000X variant. Cache sensitive scenarios such as low res. canned game benchmarks with an RTX 4090 ($2,000) benefit at the cost of everything else. Be wary of sponsored reviews with cherry picked games that showcase the wins, ignore frame drops and gloss over the losses. Also watch out for AMD’s army of Neanderthal social media accounts on reddit, forums and youtube, they will be singing their own praises as usual. AMD continue to develop “Advanced Marketing” relationships with select youtubers with the obvious aim of compensating for second tier products with first tier marketing. PC gamers considering a 7000X3D CPU need to work on their critical thinking skills: Influencers are paid handsomely to promote overpriced niche products (X3D, EPYC, Threadripper etc.). Rational gamers have little reason to look further than the $300 13600K which offers comparable real-world gaming and better desktop performance at a fraction of the price. Workstation users (and RTX 4080+ gamers) may find value in higher core CPUs such as the 16-core $400 13700K. Despite offering better performance at lower prices, as long as Intel continues to sample and sponsor marketers that are mostly funded by AMD, they will struggle to win market share. [Apr '23 CPUPro]

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Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. [Sep '22 CPUPro]

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