AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Ryzen 7 7700X vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700X beats the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.