AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Price

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$ 455.05

$ 369.00

$ 86.05 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10982 points

13788 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13108 points

14026 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10252 points

13725 points

33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10031 points

13727 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10082 points

13920 points

38% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

325.43 points

462.53 points

42% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18346 points

19790 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3336 points

3339 points

0.09% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

4.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.6 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W

Identical

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

960 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

12 MiB

49% 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

70th of 1,089

35th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Ryzen 9 9900X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X beats the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X 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 9900X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X.

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 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.