AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 676.99
$ 455.05
$ 221.94 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14398 points
31% slightly better overall score
10982 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13255 points
1% slightly better gaming score
13108 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14804 points
44% significantly better multitasking score
10252 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14984 points
49% significantly better heavy workload score
10031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14388 points
42% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
10082 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

537.64 points
65% significantly higher Blender score
325.43 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19647 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
18346 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2926 points
3336 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.20 GHz
4.7 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
Identical
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache
640 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
96 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

27th of 1,089
70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D performs better than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D also has slightly 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 9 7950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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