AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Price

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$ 399.61

$ 321.08

$ 78.53 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7335 points

10175 points

38% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8938 points

2% slightly better gaming score

8712 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6797 points

10760 points

58% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6646 points

11072 points

66% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7297 points

11130 points

52% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.61 points

367.23 points

75% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4.8 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

Identical

105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

1024 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

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

96 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

172nd of 1,089

83rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April

2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Ryzen 9 5900XT comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900XT performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 5900XT.

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 5800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.