Like a whole lot of lovers, your writer right here upgraded his Socket AM4 Ryzen gaming system to a Ryzen 7 5800X3D when these chips got here out. Because of that processor’s explosive gaming efficiency, AMD’s Zen 4 CPUs, whereas extraordinarily fast in their very own proper, weren’t as compelling to some avid gamers. That’s seemingly about to vary with the discharge of the corporate’s “7000X3D” processors for Socket AM5, although.
The names and specs of those CPUs have been largely launched at CES, though the bottom clock of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D hadn’t been confirmed at the moment. It is now, as you may see above. That 4.2 GHz clock is between the three.8 GHz base of the Ryzen 7700 and its X variant’s 4.5 GHz base velocity, however the 5.0 GHz enhance clock is beneath both processor’s peak.
As a end result, it does appear like the eight-core variant will endure lowered efficiency in some functions—notably productiveness applications—in comparison with its 3D V-Cache-less brethren, simply because the 5800X3D does. However, the 2 Ryzen 9 processors, the 7900X3D and 7950X3D, seem to retain the vast majority of their enhance clocks.
That’s as a result of they solely have 3D V-Cache on a single of their two core complicated cube (CCDs). One CCD can have 3D V-Cache for accelerated gaming efficiency, whereas the opposite can clock greater to supply superior single-threaded efficiency. This staggered setup would require some good thread scheduling, however AMD advised us at CES that it has already partnered with Microsoft to make Windows conscious of this configuration.
Comparing these costs towards the present avenue costs for AMD’s CPUs, it seems like each shall be roughly a $100 bump relative to the “X” model of that CPU. Of course, what sort of worth that represents depends upon how these chips truly carry out.
AMD’s plus-ultra model of its eight-core Zen 3 processor provides a radical uplift in sport efficiency—a lot in order that the 5800X3D was in a position to grasp powerful with Zen 4 on launch, and provided a reputable problem to Intel’s mighty Core i9-12900KS. Will these 3D V-Cache CPUs outpace the Core i9-13900KS? We’ll know in just a few weeks.
