Saturday, March 11th 2023
AMD Shows First Ryzen 7 7800X3D Game Benchmarks, Up To 24% Faster Than Core i9-13900K
AMD has finally released some of the official gaming benchmark for its 8-core Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor that should be coming in April, and, now that AMD has released some of the first gaming benchmarks, it appears that it outperforms the Intel Core i9-13900K by up to 24 percent. Officially, AMD is putting the Ryzen 7 7800X3D against the Intel Core i7-13700K, leaving the Core i9-13900K and the Core i9-13900KS to its 16- and 12-core Ryzen 7000X3D SKUs.
Although some of its Ryzen 7000X3D series chips are available as of February 28th, namely the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and the Ryzen 9 7900X3D, AMD has pushed back the launch of its 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 7800X3D. This was quite a surprise and a big letdown, especially due to its tempting $449 price tag. One of the reasons might be the fact that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is simply too good and might put a lot of pressure on even AMD's own SKUs, let alone Intel's lineup.
The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has yet another significant advantage compared to the rest of the Ryzen 7000X3D series, as while the 12-core and 16-core SKUs are a multi-chip module with two CCDs, and feature an asymmetric chiplet design, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a rather standard design, with single 8-core CCD with 3D V-Cache.
The Ryzen 9 7950X3D and the Ryzen 9 7900X3D have two CCDs with only one CCD with 3D Vertical Cache, which means it relies on software control, or the 3D Vertical Cache Optimizer Driver, to ensure that workload from games are directed to the CCD with the 3D Vertical Cache using dynamic "preferred cores" flagging for the Windows OS scheduler. You can find more details in our Ryzen 9 7950X3D review.
AMD has released two new slides, putting the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D against the Intel Core 9 13900K in four games, Rainbow Six Siege, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Horizon Zero Dawn. In all four, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is ahead of the Core i9-13900K, by anywhere between 13 and 24 percent. The second slide puts the Ryzen 7 7800X3D against the previous generation AMD Ryzen 5800X3D in Rainbow Six Siege, Warhammer: Dawn of War III, CS:GO, and DOTA 2, where the new generation is anywhere between 21 and 30 percent faster.
If these benchmarks turn out to be even close to painting the realistic picture, as these are just three games handpicked by AMD, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, priced at $449, might be a big winner for AMD, and becoming one of the best sellers as it managed to outperform Intel's $579 priced Core i9-13900K SKU, while being $130 less expensive. The Core i7-13700K, which is what AMD is actually putting the Ryzen 7 7800X3D against, is priced at $405.
Of course, these are handpicked benchmarks provided by AMD so take them with a grain of salt, and we would rather wait to check out these performance figures by ourselves when it officially launches on April 6th. In the meantime, you can check out our Ryzen 7800X3D preview, which is a simulation of the performance with a single CCD enabled.
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Toms Hardware
Although some of its Ryzen 7000X3D series chips are available as of February 28th, namely the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and the Ryzen 9 7900X3D, AMD has pushed back the launch of its 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 7800X3D. This was quite a surprise and a big letdown, especially due to its tempting $449 price tag. One of the reasons might be the fact that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is simply too good and might put a lot of pressure on even AMD's own SKUs, let alone Intel's lineup.
The Ryzen 9 7950X3D and the Ryzen 9 7900X3D have two CCDs with only one CCD with 3D Vertical Cache, which means it relies on software control, or the 3D Vertical Cache Optimizer Driver, to ensure that workload from games are directed to the CCD with the 3D Vertical Cache using dynamic "preferred cores" flagging for the Windows OS scheduler. You can find more details in our Ryzen 9 7950X3D review.
AMD has released two new slides, putting the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D against the Intel Core 9 13900K in four games, Rainbow Six Siege, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Horizon Zero Dawn. In all four, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is ahead of the Core i9-13900K, by anywhere between 13 and 24 percent. The second slide puts the Ryzen 7 7800X3D against the previous generation AMD Ryzen 5800X3D in Rainbow Six Siege, Warhammer: Dawn of War III, CS:GO, and DOTA 2, where the new generation is anywhere between 21 and 30 percent faster.
Of course, these are handpicked benchmarks provided by AMD so take them with a grain of salt, and we would rather wait to check out these performance figures by ourselves when it officially launches on April 6th. In the meantime, you can check out our Ryzen 7800X3D preview, which is a simulation of the performance with a single CCD enabled.
85 Comments on AMD Shows First Ryzen 7 7800X3D Game Benchmarks, Up To 24% Faster Than Core i9-13900K
you dont need 24/7 load to notice a significant difference in power consumption and heat output
AMD have been prioritizing server CPUs over desktop for the last few years. A good example of this is the 7950X compared to the 5950X. The only thing that made the 5950X very efficient was that it used higher binned chiplets. The 7950X doesn't see that same jump in efficiency though, as AMD decided that it would rather seller those higher quality chiplets to enterprise customers at a higher markup.
Battlefield +15%
Borderlands +18%
Cyberpunk +23% (really?)
(AMD loyalists dont get too excited. Intel loyalists dont get your panties in a twist - intel also enjoys similar performance advantages with select titles. Just thought i'd get that out there before the loyalist blah blah ensues).
I'm more interested in the 5800X3D/13700K and 7800X3D showdown... although i don't expect much more than the already reported (7950X3D) typical generational increase in performance.
In terms of value, at the moment it seems like an average 15% performance uplift over the 5800X3D.... not enticing enough to blow $450 + AM5 adoption tax. I actually warmed up to AMD big time and was considering buying into AM5 coming from an intel 9700K.... but nah, kinda boring now and they've done a fine job delaying the living day lights out of an X3D gaming chip and not to mention the asking price (almost half a grand for heavens sake).
This is from TPU's emulated 7800x3D testing, but they're showing a possible 50% gain in this game engine, so 25% in multiple titles does seem entirely plausible
But the TechPowerUp review of February 27 this year shows it as much less than that. In WinRAR it shows a narrow win for the 13900K as this extract shows
and in 7-Zip although the 7950X3D is on top, the advantage is only around 5% as this screenshot from the review shows
I appreciate that the wording "UP TO" is being used, but where did the 50% come from?
Competition is good for us consumers.
www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen9-7950x3d-linux/9
We can just hope than ZEN4 is ironing all the problems for the new platform so ZEN5 will see smooth lunch.
You'd probably be better off upgrading the 3080 than going am5 indeed.
These benchmarks are at 1080p, totally useless for pretty much anyone who's dropping the money on am5 and a top gpu.
Efficiency matter very little when I pay 9usd a month on my entire PC, 50W less mean I pay 1usd less per month ;)
As for benchmarks, I remember the disabled 7950X3D being at least 21 % faster in one of the games in the TPU review, so I don't doubt up to 24 % for a second.