AMD unveiled the Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, a successor to the 7800X3D. It promises to deliver an average of 8% higher frame rates than the old chip, although some games will see a performance boost of up to 26%.
As before, a total of 96 MB of L3 cache is available: 32 MB on the CCD itself, plus 64 MB on an additional chip. Interestingly, this time the 3D V-Cache has been placed underneath the CCD (where the CPU cores are located), rather than on top of it as in previous iterations. This helps improve cooling, AMD says.
There are three pieces of silicon in the 9800X3D: the CCD (4 nm TSMC), the 3D V-Cache and the I/O chip (6 nm TSMC). The L2 cache is 8 MB, so AMD advertises that the processor has 104 MB cache.
This processor has 8 Zen 5 CPU cores with SMT, which is a total of 16 threads. With a TDP of 120W, it runs at a base clock speed of 4.7 GHz and can boost a single core up to 5.2 GHz. The 7800X3D could only reach 5.0 GHz.
AMD listened to its fans and the 9800X3D is the first X3D processor to be fully unlocked, so if you have the cooling for it, that 5.2GHz ceiling is just a suggestion.
The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is compatible with AM5 motherboards. It will be released worldwide on November 7 (Thursday) for a price of $480.
Watch the introductory video below – it shows benchmarks comparing the 9800X3D against the 7800X3D (screenshot above) and the Intel Core 9 Ultra 285K. According to AMD’s figures, the processor is on average 20% faster in games (in terms of FPS), but some titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 show a huge 59% advantage for the Ryzen processor.