AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13840 points
20% slightly better overall score
11476 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14073 points
3% slightly better gaming score
13660 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13777 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
10738 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13778 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score
10522 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
96 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

33rd of 1,104
60th of 1,104

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 9900X vs Ryzen 7 9850X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X beats the Ryzen 7 9850X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9850X3D 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 9850X3D has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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