AMD has formally introduced its Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, one of the most worst-kept ‘secrets’ within the tech global this 12 months (along Apple’s just-revealed M4 Macs).

The Ryzen 9800X3D is just about simply because the avalanche of rumors steered, with AMD confirming that as noticed with earlier spilled specifications, it has 8 cores (16 threads) and a 4.7GHz base clock velocity with a 5.2GHz max spice up frequency. A rumor broke previous nowadays that the fee can be $479 in america, and that is now showed, too – a $30 hike at the MSRP of the 7800X3D.

Again, as leaked, that is an unlocked chip, so it may be overclocked. AMD explains that the Ryzen 9800X3D is ‘2nd-gen’ three-D V-Cache (as used to be rumored earlier than), with the cache beneath the CCD (the die containing the cores) this time.

What this implies is that the cores are actually nearer to the cooling resolution, and subsequently shall be stored cooler – making an allowance for quicker clock speeds in comparison to last-gen X3D.

The upshot is that AMD claims the Ryzen 9800X3D is 8% quicker than the 7800X3D for gaming body charges, as a median from checking out throughout a big suite of a few 40+ standard PC video games (with a 7900 XTX GPU).

There are going to be some larger boosts witnessed, and a few video games will witness double-digit features (Star Wars Outlaws is singled out as one). AMD additionally claims the Ryzen 9800X3D is ‘up to an average’ of 20% quicker than a machine powered by means of Intel’s new flagship, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K.

The Ryzen 9800X3D has a TDP of 120W and a complete of 104MB cache, of which 64MB is the three-D V-Cache.

Analysis: Don’t overlook in regards to the upper lows

Everything is just about as anticipated, then, together with that 8% generational acquire for PC gaming body charges that used to be up to now leaked – and upset some other folks. Perhaps that’s why AMD has certified this press unencumber fairly significantly across the subject of gen-on-gen enhancements – the determine is simply a median, and a few titles (in positive eventualities) will without doubt do fairly slightly higher than this. Although we don’t get a touch as to what probably the most larger uplifts could be.

What we do get is a transparent comparability to the Arrow Lake flagship, albeit with some strange wording – what’s ‘up to an average’ of 20%? Does it simply imply the common is 20%? But if that is so, why stick ‘up to’ in there – it’s both ‘up to’ a top-end determine, or it’s a median, full-stop, indisputably? Or does it imply that it’s 20% for those who select a collection of positive video games, however no longer they all (AMD examined a number in that comparability)?

We don’t know, however given Arrow Lake has stumbled in relation to gaming, we’d be expecting a positive comparability for the brand new Ryzen 9800X3D anyway.

Notably, as a part of development a case for the energy of the Ryzen 9800X3D, AMD highlights the chip’s generational growth in relation to minimal body charges. An instance given is The Last Of Us: Part 1, the place Team Red says the 9800X3D has a “similar average frame rate to the competition” (the Intel Core i9-14900K) however it’s 31% upper in relation to 1% low body charges. What that implies is that the Ryzen CPU delivers a extra constant smoothness, with fewer drops (or judders) to very low body charges – and that’s undoubtedly a just right factor.