AMD reveals Ryzen 9800X3D CPU priced at $479 – runs at a speedy 5.2GHz boost, can be overclocked, and promises much smoother gameplay

AMD has officially announced its Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, 1 of nan worst-kept ‘secrets’ successful nan tech world this twelvemonth (alongside Apple’s just-revealed M4 Macs).

The Ryzen 9800X3D is beautiful overmuch conscionable arsenic nan avalanche of rumors suggested, pinch AMD confirming that arsenic seen pinch erstwhile spilled specs, it has 8 cores (16 threads) and a 4.7GHz guidelines timepiece velocity pinch a 5.2GHz max boost frequency. A rumor collapsed earlier coming that nan value would beryllium $479 successful nan US, and this is now confirmed, excessively – a $30 hike connected nan MSRP of nan 7800X3D.

Again, arsenic leaked, this is an unlocked chip, so it tin beryllium overclocked. AMD explains that nan Ryzen 9800X3D is ‘2nd-gen’ 3D V-Cache (as was rumored before), pinch nan cache underneath nan CCD (the dice containing nan cores) this time.

What this intends is that nan cores are now person to nan cooling solution, and truthful will beryllium kept cooler – allowing for faster timepiece speeds compared to last-gen X3D.

The upshot is that AMD claims nan Ryzen 9800X3D is 8% faster than nan 7800X3D for gaming framework rates, arsenic an mean from testing crossed a ample suite of immoderate 40+ celebrated PC games (with a 7900 XTX GPU).

There are going to beryllium immoderate bigger boosts witnessed, and immoderate games will witnesser double-digit gains (Star Wars Outlaws is singled retired arsenic one). AMD besides claims nan Ryzen 9800X3D is ‘up to an average’ of 20% faster than a strategy powered by Intel’s caller flagship, nan Intel Core Ultra 9 285K.

The Ryzen 9800X3D has a TDP of 120W and a full of 104MB cache, of which 64MB is nan 3D V-Cache.

Analysis: Don’t hide astir nan higher lows

Everything is beautiful overmuch arsenic expected, then, including that 8% generational summation for PC gaming framework rates that was antecedently leaked – and disappointed immoderate folks. Perhaps that’s why AMD has qualified this property merchandise rather considerably astir nan taxable of gen-on-gen improvements – nan fig is conscionable an average, and immoderate titles (in definite scenarios) will doubtless do rather a spot amended than this. Although we don’t get a hint arsenic to what immoderate of nan bigger uplifts mightiness be.

What we do get is simply a clear comparison to nan Arrow Lake flagship, albeit pinch immoderate overseas wording – what is ‘up to an average’ of 20%? Does it conscionable mean nan mean is 20%? But if so, why instrumentality ‘up to’ successful location – it’s either ‘up to’ a top-end figure, aliases it’s an average, full-stop, surely? Or does it mean that it’s 20% if you prime a action of definite games, but not each of them (AMD tested a bunch successful that comparison)?

We don’t know, but fixed Arrow Lake has stumbled erstwhile it comes to gaming, we’d expect a favorable comparison for nan caller Ryzen 9800X3D anyway.

Notably, arsenic portion of building a lawsuit for nan spot of nan Ryzen 9800X3D, AMD highlights nan chip’s generational betterment successful position of minimum framework rates. An illustration fixed is The Last Of Us: Part 1, wherever Team Red says nan 9800X3D has a “similar mean framework complaint to nan competition” (the Intel Core i9-14900K) but it is 31% higher erstwhile it comes to 1% debased framework rates. What that intends is that nan Ryzen CPU delivers a much accordant smoothness, pinch less drops (or judders) to very debased framework rates – and that’s decidedly a bully thing.

As ever, though, we request immoderate independent testing to beryllium judge that these claims cookware retired conscionable arsenic AMD has asserted successful this property release. The Ryzen 9800X3D is group to spell connected waste travel November 7, successful a week’s time, astatine $479 arsenic noted – and location will beryllium immoderate disappointment astatine nan summation successful MSRP gen-on-gen.

Still, it’s not a immense hike by immoderate intends – but immoderate whitethorn beryllium grinding their teeth that they didn’t prime up nan 7800X3D erstwhile it was disposable for not overmuch much than $300 connected waste a fewer months back. We’ll conscionable person to spot really nan Ryzen 9800X3D fares erstwhile we put nan spot done its paces ourselves – and really overmuch amended nan CPU mightiness beryllium than its predecessor successful our benchmarks. Stay tuned.

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