AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7216 points

14% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points

9% slightly better gaming score

7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

5895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

5789 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6357 points

6531 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

169.56 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8527 points

9595 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1771 points

2167 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

5.1 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

28 W

274% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

8 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

176th of 1,089

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme performs better than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3800XT in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.