AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 386.14
$ 195.30
$ 190.84 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10011 points
15% slightly better overall score
8673 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11884 points
12393 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9348 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9142 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8010 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7587 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

263.24 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
233.29 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15051 points
0.63% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
14957 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2723 points
3338 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.20 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed
3.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
65 W
84% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

88th of 1,089
118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Ryzen 5 9600X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D beats the Ryzen 5 9600X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 9600X outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 7800X3D thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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