AMD's new Ryzen 7 9700X is impressive, but it can't dethrone the legendary Ryzen 7 7800X3D when it comes to gaming.
AMD ’s new Ryzen 7 9700X is an impressive chip, there’s no doubt about that. It’s among the best processors you can buy, with a massive boost to single-core performance and exceptional efficiency. Up against the undisputed best CPU for gaming, AMD ’s legendary Ryzen 7 7800X3D, the latest eight-core chip from AMD struggles to keep up, though.
Get your weekly teardown of the tech behind PC gaming Check your inbox! Privacy Policy First, the cache situation. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D utilizes AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology, leading to a significant boost in L3 cache. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D has three times as much L3 cache as the Ryzen 7 9700X, and that makes a huge difference in games.
A strange pricing situation The Ryzen 7 9700X is cheaper than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, at least on paper. AMD’s latest comes in at $359, and the first retail listings are holding steady at that price. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D launched at $450, but you won’t find it for that price today. At the time of writing, it’s available for $366, putting it in direct competition with the Ryzen 7 9700X.
Productivity performance There isn’t much of a contest between the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 7800X3D when it comes to productivity performance, and you can see that in action right away in Cinebench R23 above. In single-core performance, the Ryzen 7 9700X leads by around 20%, while it shoots ahead by about 11% in multi-core performance. Part of that can be attributed to the new architecture of the Ryzen 7 9700X, as well as the higher clock speeds.
Productivity workloads aren’t always pushing cores to their limit, though, and Photoshop is a good example of that. The Ryzen 7 9700X is ahead, but not by enough for it to make a difference. With these lighter productivity workloads — particularly those that bring in your GPU like Photoshop — the difference between the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 7800X3D shrinks.
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is a gaming monster. There are some smaller advantages, such as in Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail. But in titles like Hitman 3, Far Cry 6, and F1 2022, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is in a completely different performance class. In games that don’t need the extra cache, the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 7800X3D are on the same level. In games that benefit from the extra cache, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is clearly ahead.
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