Excitement is building in the tech world with the latest leaks revealing groundbreaking performance details about AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D “3D V-Cache” CPUs. These insights, provided by MSI, shed light on the gaming prowess of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, both anticipated to deliver superior performance.
During a recent tour of MSI’s motherboard factory, German tech outlet Hardwareluxx unveiled these performance benchmarks, captivating tech enthusiasts worldwide. These next-gen CPUs promise to push boundaries, with highlighted improvements across both gaming and application performance metrics.
The performance showdown featured these new CPUs against their predecessors, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 7 7800X3D, both Zen 4-based chips. In gaming tests on popular titles like Far Cry 6, Shadow of The Tomb Raider, and Black Myth Wukong, paired with the powerful NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU at 1080P resolution, the results were promising. Though these results use early samples, even preliminary data suggests significant gains.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D showed an 11% improvement in Far Cry 6, with smaller gains in the other games tested. Similarly, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D boasted up to a 13% increase in Far Cry 6. Averaging a 5.6% uplift in gaming performance, these enhancements are expected to further improve with the final CPU releases.
Beyond gaming, both CPUs have shown impressive results in synthetic benchmarks such as Cinebench R23, reflecting substantial performance boosts over prior Zen 4 iterations. Notably, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D achieved an 18% increase in single-threaded and a 28% boost in multi-threaded tasks, while the Ryzen 9 9950X3D showed notable single and multi-core performance gains.
A fascinating aspect of these new chips is how they compare with non-3D V-Cache counterparts within the Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” series. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D offers a 6.5% improvement over the Ryzen 7 9700X, although it shows a slight dip in single-core tests. Meanwhile, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D parallels the Ryzen 9 9950X in performance, making it a compelling choice for those prioritizing both gaming and multi-thread capabilities.
Another exciting development is the potential of overclocking beyond PBO (Precision Boost Overdrive) and Curve Optimizer features, which promises additional performance tuning flexibility for enthusiasts.
In terms of specifications, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D will possess 8 cores and 16 threads, with a significant 96 MB total cache, while the Ryzen 9 9950X3D will be equipped with 16 cores, 32 threads, and 128 MB of L3 cache.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is scheduled for a retail release in early November following its announcement on October 25, 2024. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D is expected to hit shelves in late Q1 2025, following an early January announcement.
Intel has confirmed its Core Ultra 200S line is approximately 5% slower than AMD’s current Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs, signaling a promising 10-15% performance lead for the new Ryzen 9000X3D series. With such substantial potential, AMD’s new CPUs are poised to become strong contenders in the gaming market.
For those eyeing the best options for a gaming PC, these new AMD Ryzen 9000X3D chips might just be the hardware to watch in the coming year.
