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Average Bench: 122% (19th of 1468)

Based on 95 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00B40F40 Model: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor

AMD’s 7800X3D and 9800X3D CPUs, priced over $400 USD, are widely marketed as “the best gaming CPUs in the world”. This is demonstrated at low resolutions with a 4090-class GPU, whilst conveniently ignoring 0.1% lows (frame drops). Under cherry-picked cache-bound conditions the X3D chips can excel, but there’s a trade-off: the additional cache results in 6% lower boost clocks and 50% to 80% higher prices than their regular counterparts (9700X and 7700X). As with their Radeon GPUs, AMD is looking to drive demand through advanced marketing rather than delivering real-world performance. While Nvidia has effectively countered AMD’s marketing in the GPU space, Intel's marketers remain asleep (terminally?) at the wheel. Nevertheless, the 13600K and 14600K still deliver almost unparalleled real-world gaming performance for around $200 USD. Spending more on a gaming CPU is often pointless, as games are limited by the GPU in real-world scenarios. Without significant improvements in social media marketing: forums, reddit, youtube etc., Intel now face the very real risk of bankruptcy (third worst-performing S&P500 stock from Jan to Aug 2024). Since this summary was published just two days ago, hundreds of twitter threads, thousands of “pcmasterrace” reddit posts, multiple magazine articles, and several youtube videos have emerged in unanimous support for the $480 USD 9800X3D. All of these supposedly disinterested actors are working the weekend to convince you to pay their favourite billion-dollar brand an extra $280 USD this holiday season. [Nov '24 CPUPro]

Outstanding average bench

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D averaged 21.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 220Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 809Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is just 19.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 91.8Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 1,481Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 95 samples)
Min Avg Max
80.2 Memory 91.8 98.7
210 1-Core 220 229
370 2-Core 427 458
129% 246 Pts
Min Avg Max
719 4-Core 809 892
1,294 8-Core 1,481 1,759
137% 1,145 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,733 64-Core 2,229 2,358
138% 2,229 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM5, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg)
Memory 95
1-Core 230
2-Core 460
136% 262 Pts
4-Core 906
8-Core 1,681
155% 1,293 Pts
64-Core 2,400
148% 2,400 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Memory 98.7
1-Core 221
2-Core 441
133% 254 Pts
4-Core 877
8-Core 1,534
146% 1,206 Pts
64-Core 2,245
139% 2,245 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Memory 95.8
1-Core 220
2-Core 439
132% 252 Pts
4-Core 879
8-Core 1,499
144% 1,189 Pts
64-Core 2,314
143% 2,314 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Memory 95.8
1-Core 220
2-Core 440
132% 252 Pts
4-Core 836
8-Core 1,440
138% 1,138 Pts
64-Core 2,311
143% 2,311 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Memory 95.4
1-Core 218
2-Core 434
130% 249 Pts
4-Core 835
8-Core 1,632
146% 1,233 Pts
64-Core 2,228
138% 2,228 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg)
Memory 95.4
1-Core 219
2-Core 422
129% 245 Pts
4-Core 783
8-Core 1,393
131% 1,088 Pts
64-Core 2,228
138% 2,228 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Memory 89.9
1-Core 220
2-Core 432
129% 247 Pts
4-Core 750
8-Core 1,448
130% 1,099 Pts
64-Core 2,313
143% 2,313 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Memory 93.8
1-Core 210
2-Core 382
122% 229 Pts
4-Core 717
8-Core 1,216
117% 966 Pts
64-Core 1,452
90% 1,452 Pts
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Desktop 122%
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Workstation 239%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X870E AORUS PRO

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