AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Ryzen 7 9850X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D also has slightly 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 9 9900X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.