Early specs and pricing for AMD’s highly anticipated Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor have been leaked online by retailers, and they provide an exciting glimpse of AMD’s upcoming 3D V-Cache processor that many are expecting to arrive on November 7th.
European benchmark site Geizhals (via Tomshardware) revealed a full spec sheet for the new processor, and in it were some surprising findings. First, the frequencies are listed as 4.7 GHz for the base frequency and 5.2 GHz for the maximum boost frequency. The first is a massive 500 MHz higher than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D which suggests it will have much higher multi-threaded performance.
Website Geizhals.eu has listed the specifications of AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D
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The maximum boost frequency is also important as it suggests higher frequencies even in light-threaded workloads given that it is 200 MHz higher than that of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which sits at just 5 GHz. The bottom line here is that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is likely to offer much better performance outside of gaming than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, and content creation has been a weak spot for 3D V-Cache models in the past. The fact that AMD has moved the 64MB V-Cache 3D from the top of the cores below them means that there is more thermal space as the cores now have direct contact with the processor’s heat spreader.
Of course, higher frequencies have another important impact, which is on frame rates in games. The Ryzen 9000 series had a disappointing launch with it not offering significantly higher gaming performance than the Ryzen 7000 series. The concern has been that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D might suffer a similar fate, but leaked specs confirm the benefits of 3D V motion -Cache under the CCD and cores, with these much higher frequencies obviously increase the frame rates of the game as well.
Ryzen 7 9800X3D price
US retailers have set prices between $450 and $500 in recent weeks while in Europe, including tax, prices for sellers who accidentally posted their product pages were typically around €550, which is €50 higher than Ryzen 7 9800X3D launch price. Early indications are, then, that pricing will be similar, but we’ll have to wait until launch day for confirmed pricing.
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Current information puts the Ryzen 7 9800X3D at around 8% higher in gaming performance than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, but an additional 15% more significant performance in multi-threaded content creation workloads. This may not warrant an upgrade from the older 7800X3D, but it would certainly warrant choosing the Ryzen 7 9800X3D over the older CPU as long as its release price isn’t crazy.
Another interesting move from AMD is that the spec leak suggests that the processor will also support overclocking – AMD’s first 3D V-Cache processor to do so. This is significant as it means that even more performance can be gained by further increasing the frequencies.
If the Ryzen 7 9800X3D performs as expected, it would be a huge win for AMD, saving face from a disappointing Ryzen 9000 launch with its Zen 5 architecture and also stealing market share from Intel’s Core Ultra 200 series which was far from expectations. In fact, Intel’s CPUs have often been seen as excellent all-rounders, and with that benefit missing from its new Arrow Lake CPUs, AMD could take advantage of the situation with its all-rounder credentials boosted thanks to Its new 3D V-Cache CPUs.
Sadly, there’s no pricing from AMD yet, but the Ryzen 7 7800X3D was priced at $450, so hopefully we’ll see pricing similar to that. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D launches on November 7. I’ll review I’ll it when it arrives, so follow me here on Forbes using the blue button below, Facebook or YouTube to get the latest news and commentary.