AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Specifications and Performance Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is based on the Granite Ridge architecture and is manufactured using the 4 nm process at the TSMC foundry. It is compatible with the AM5 socket used by X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620 chipsets and supports PCIe Gen 5, 24 Lanes (CPU only), as well as DDR5 memory with speeds of up to 5600 MT/s across Dual-channel memory. This processor features 8 cores operating at a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of up to 5.20 GHz, for a total of 16 threads. It is equipped with 80 kB of L1 cache, 1024 kB of L2 cache, and 96 MB of L3 cache.

This CPU is designed for a mainstream desktop platform. It supports consumer-grade memory configurations and modern expansion standards, making it suitable for everyday computing, gaming, and productivity workloads.

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a base TDP of 120 W and a moderate maximum TDP of 162 W. Most mid-range aftermarket air coolers are sufficient for thermal control. This processor is also suitable for small form factor builds, which often have limited airflow.

For users who require integrated graphics, this CPU includes the Radeon Graphics, which features 2 GPU cores. It operates at a base clock of 400.00 GHz and boosts up to 2200.00 GHz. This makes it suitable for systems without a dedicated GPU, capable of handling everyday tasks and running older or less demanding games. Integrated graphics can also accelerate specific workloads even when a discrete GPU is installed.

Application Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a mid-range CPU, achieving a relative application performance score of 58.14% of the best possible desktop CPU performance. This CPU is ideal for daily computing, productivity tasks, and multitasking. While it can handle professional applications like 3D rendering and video editing, it may exhibit slower execution and reduced responsiveness under heavy workloads.

The application performance-per-price ratio of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is 39.2%, indicating lower value in this category. This CPU does not offer high application performance and has a low performance-to-price ratio, making it a poor value proposition. Better alternatives exist at this price point.

Gaming Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a high-end gaming CPU, achieving a relative gaming performance score at 1080p resolution of 98.81% compared to the best possible desktop CPU gaming performance. This CPU is highly recommended for high-end gaming and should be paired with the most powerful graphics cards to unlock its full potential.

The gaming performance-per-price score of 43.7%, this CPU does not offer strong value in this category. However, since it is a high-end gaming CPU offering top-tier performance, it remains a recommended choice for users who prioritize gaming power and are less concerned about budget constraints.

General Information

CPU Name	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Release Price	$479.00
Current Price on Amazon	$445
Amazon Price Updated	2 days ago.
Launch Date	1 year, 8 months ago.
CPU Available	True

Architecture

Architecture	Granite Ridge
Foundry	TSMC
Process	4 nm
Socket	AM5
Chipsets	X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620
Transistors	8315 million
Die Size	70.6 mm²
PCIe Version	Gen 5, 24 Lanes (CPU only)

Core Configuration

Cores / Threads	8 / 16
Base / Boost Clock	4.70 GHz / 5.20 GHz

RAM Support

Memory Support / Max Speed	DDR5 / 5600 MT/s
Memory Bandwidth	89.6 GB/s
Memory Channels	Dual-channel
ECC Support	True

Cache Configuration

L1 Cache (per core)	80 kB
L2 Cache (per core)	1024 kB
L3 Cache (shared)	96 MB

TDP Configuration

Base TDP	120 W
Max Turbo Power	162 W

Integrated Graphics

Integrated Graphics	True
GPU Name	Radeon Graphics
GPU Cores	2
GPU Base / Boost Clock	400.00 GHz / 2200.00 GHz

Cinebench R24 Performance

Cinebench R24 Multi-core	1370
Cinebench R24 Single-core	133

CPU Normalized Performance Chart

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Compared to Similar Performance CPUs

CPU Price / Performance Table

CPU (Desc) CPU Name Sorts CPUs alphabetically. Click to change order (ascending/descending).	Price (Desc) Price (Amazon) Sorts CPUs by their current Amazon price. Click to toggle ascending/descending.	Performance (Desc) General Performance Based on multi-purpose workloads like rendering, encoding and compression. Click to sort.	Game_Perf (Desc) Gaming Performance (1080p) Measures relative gaming performance in modern games at 1080p. Click to sort by gaming power.	Combined (Desc) Combined Performance Average of general and gaming performance. Use for balanced evaluation. Click to sort.	Perf/Price (Desc) Performance per Dollar Shows how much performance you get for the price. Higher is better. Click to sort.	Game/Price (Desc) Gaming per Dollar Game performance divided by current price. Click to find best gaming deals.	Combined/Price (Desc) Combined per Dollar Overall value score (performance and gaming) per dollar spent. Click to find best overall CPU deals.
Intel Core i9-12900K Intel Core i9-12900K View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$430 Intel Core i9-12900K Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core i9-12900K Price Change No significant price change detected.	60.5%	76.2%	68.3%	42.2%	34.9%	39.7%
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$484 AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Price Change No significant price change detected.	59.0%	100.0%	79.5%	36.6%	40.7%	41.1%
Intel Core i7-13700 Intel Core i7-13700 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$400 Intel Core i7-13700 Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core i7-13700 Price Change No significant price change detected.	58.8%	79.9%	69.4%	44.1%	39.4%	43.3%
Intel Core i7-13700F Intel Core i7-13700F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$399 Intel Core i7-13700F Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core i7-13700F Price Change No significant price change detected.	58.8%	79.9%	69.4%	44.2%	39.5%	43.5%
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$445 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Price Change No significant price change detected.	58.1%	98.8%	78.5%	39.2%	43.7%	44.1%
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Intel Core Ultra 5 245K View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$195 Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Price Change No significant price change detected.	56.3%	75.4%	65.8%	86.6%	76.2%	84.4%
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$200 Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↑ 20.9% Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF Price Change Price increased from the last update.	56.3%	75.4%	65.8%	84.4%	74.3%	82.3%
Intel Core i5-14600KF Intel Core i5-14600KF View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$250❗ Intel Core i5-14600KF Price Not Available Last known price from Amazon. Currently unavailable. \| ↓ -1.0% Intel Core i5-14600KF Price Change Price decreased from the last update.	55.4%	78.9%	67.1%	66.6%	62.3%	67.3%
Intel Core i5-14600K Intel Core i5-14600K View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$262❗ Intel Core i5-14600K Price Not Available Last known price from Amazon. Currently unavailable. \| ↑ 5.6% Intel Core i5-14600K Price Change Price increased from the last update.	55.4%	78.9%	67.1%	63.5%	59.4%	64.1%

Processor Comparison and Detail Specifications Table

Specification	Intel Core i9-12900K Intel Core i9-12900K View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core i7-13700 Intel Core i7-13700 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core i7-13700F Intel Core i7-13700F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Intel Core Ultra 5 245K View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core i5-14600KF Intel Core i5-14600KF View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core i5-14600K Intel Core i5-14600K View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.
Perf Chart
Price	$430 Intel Core i9-12900K Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core i9-12900K Price Change No significant price change detected.	$484 AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Price Change No significant price change detected.	$400 Intel Core i7-13700 Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core i7-13700 Price Change No significant price change detected.	$399 Intel Core i7-13700F Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core i7-13700F Price Change No significant price change detected.	$445 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Price Change No significant price change detected.	$195 Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Price Change No significant price change detected.	$200 Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↑ 20.9% Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF Price Change Price increased from the last update.	$250❗ Intel Core i5-14600KF Price Not Available Last known price from Amazon. Currently unavailable. \| ↓ -1.0% Intel Core i5-14600KF Price Change Price decreased from the last update.	$262❗ Intel Core i5-14600K Price Not Available Last known price from Amazon. Currently unavailable. \| ↑ 5.6% Intel Core i5-14600K Price Change Price increased from the last update.
Manufacturer	Intel	AMD	Intel	Intel	AMD	Intel	Intel	Intel	Intel
C/SC/T	16 / 8 / 24	8 / 0 / 16	16 / 8 / 24	16 / 8 / 24	8 / 0 / 16	14 / 8 / 14	14 / 8 / 14	14 / 8 / 20	14 / 8 / 20
L2 / L3 Cache	1280.0 kB / 30.0 MB	1024.0 kB / 96.0 MB	2048.0 kB / 30.0 MB	2048.0 kB / 30.0 MB	1024.0 kB / 96.0 MB	3072.0 kB / 24.0 MB	3072.0 kB / 24.0 MB	2048.0 kB / 24.0 MB	2048.0 kB / 24.0 MB
Base / Boost	3.20 GHz / 5.20 GHz	4.70 GHz / 5.60 GHz	2.10 GHz / 5.20 GHz	2.10 GHz / 5.20 GHz	4.70 GHz / 5.20 GHz	4.20 GHz / 5.20 GHz	4.20 GHz / 5.20 GHz	3.50 GHz / 5.30 GHz	3.50 GHz / 5.30 GHz
Memory	DDR4, DDR5 / 3200 MT/s	DDR5 / 5600 MT/s	DDR4, DDR5 / 5600 MT/s	DDR4, DDR5 / 5600 MT/s	DDR5 / 5600 MT/s	DDR5 / 6400 MT/s	DDR5 / 6400 MT/s	DDR4, DDR5 / 5600 MT/s	DDR4, DDR5 / 5600 MT/s
Arch / Node	Alder Lake-S / 10 nm	Granite Ridge / 4 nm	Raptor Lake-S / 10 nm	Raptor Lake-S / 10 nm	Granite Ridge / 4 nm	Arrow Lake-S / 3 nm	Arrow Lake-S / 3 nm	Raptor Lake-R / 10 nm	Raptor Lake-R / 10 nm
TDP / Max	125 W / 241 W	120 W / 162 W	65 W / 219 W	65 W / 219 W	120 W / 162 W	125 W / 159 W	125 W / 159 W	125 W / 181 W	125 W / 181 W
Socket	LGA 1700	AM5	LGA 1700	LGA 1700	AM5	LGA 1851	LGA 1851	LGA 1700	LGA 1700
Int. GPU	UHD Graphics 770	Radeon Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	None	Radeon Graphics	Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU	None	None	UHD Graphics 770

CPU Performance in Rendering, Encoding and Compression-Decompression

CPU (Desc) CPU Name Click to sort alphabetically (ascending or descending).	CB24_MC (Desc) Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core Measured score (higher is better) from CB24 multi-core benchmark.	CB24_SC (Desc) Cinebench 2024 Single-Core Measured score (higher is better) from CB24 single-core benchmark.	CB24_rel (Desc) Cinebench 2024 Relative Normalized score relative to a reference CPU (100% baseline).	Blender (Desc) Blender Rendering (Relative) Normalized score based on rendering performance in Blender.	Encoding_AV1 (Desc) AV1 Encoding (Relative) Relative encoding performance for AV1 video codec.	Encoding_h265 (Desc) H.265 Encoding (Relative) Relative encoding performance for H.265/HEVC codec.	7-zip_Pack (Desc) 7-Zip Compression Relative speed for compressing files using 7-Zip.	7-zip_Unpack (Desc) 7-Zip Decompression Relative speed for unpacking files using 7-Zip.	Performance (Desc) Total Performance Index Average across all benchmarks.
Intel Core i9-12900K Intel Core i9-12900K View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1585	122	62.7%	56.5%	66.6%	66.7%	60.0%	50.3%	60.5%
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1386	141	54.8%	52.0%	76.9%	58.4%	60.9%	51.0%	59.0%
Intel Core i7-13700 Intel Core i7-13700 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1398	121	55.3%	52.8%	69.1%	68.7%	58.2%	48.6%	58.8%
Intel Core i7-13700F Intel Core i7-13700F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1398	121	55.3%	52.8%	69.1%	68.7%	58.2%	48.6%	58.8%
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1370	133	54.2%	51.9%	76.1%	57.7%	59.1%	50.0%	58.1%
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Intel Core Ultra 5 245K View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1488	134	58.9%	56.2%	72.1%	54.8%	55.9%	39.8%	56.3%
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1488	134	58.9%	56.2%	72.1%	54.8%	55.9%	39.8%	56.3%
Intel Core i5-14600KF Intel Core i5-14600KF View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1399	123	55.3%	49.5%	61.8%	59.7%	58.6%	47.3%	55.4%
Intel Core i5-14600K Intel Core i5-14600K View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1399	123	55.3%	49.5%	61.8%	59.7%	58.6%	47.3%	55.4%

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@Ivica
1 year ago.

When it comes to gaming where the CPU is the bottleneck, nothing beats the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Thanks to its large L3 3D V-Cache, it offers extremely high frame rates, especially in games that are sensitive to memory latency and cache size. This makes it the perfect baseline for 100% CPU-limited gaming performance, helping users see how other CPUs stack up in pure gaming performance scenarios.

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