On April 6, AMD will let the Ryzen 7 7800X3D with eight “3D V-Cache cores” follow the Ryzen 9 7950X3D (test) and Ryzen 9 7900X3D (test). New alleged manufacturer benchmarks for the “ultimate gaming processor” have now appeared, which see the model ahead of the Intel Core i9-13900K (test) in four selected games.
Four manufacturer benchmarks as best-case scenario
For the announcement at CES 2023, AMD only compared the 16-core top model with the competition, while manufacturer benchmarks for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D only showed the difference to the Zen 3 processor Ryzen 7 5800X3D (test). And other benchmarks submitted at the end of February only referred to the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. So far, there is a question mark behind the performance of the cheapest of the three new CPUs with 3D V-Cache – especially because the Ryzen 9 7900X3D was a little disappointing with only six “3D V-Cache cores”. And one thing in advance: This question mark will not disappear today either.
Because the slide with new manufacturer benchmarks for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D that Tom's Hardware has published is limited to just four games. Specifically, these are comparisons with the Core i9-13900K in Rainbow Six Siege, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn, with AMD seeing its own CPU on average almost 20 percent ahead of the Intel model.
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Alleged AMD benchmarks for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D (image: Tom's hardware)
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Alleged AMD benchmarks for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D ( Image: Tom's Hardware)Of course, it has to be noted that benchmarks in only four games do not allow a general judgment on the gaming performance of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. AMD also tested with high graphics settings and 1,920 × 1,080 pixels, which are not necessarily optimal settings for meaningful CPU benchmarks. In the ComputerBase performance rating, even the Ryzen 9 7950X3D paired with a GeForce RTX 4090 (test) is on average only 4 percent ahead of the Core i9-13900K – an average lead of 20 percent in the case of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is therefore unrealistic; AMD is cherry-picking here and selects games that particularly benefit from the large L3 cache of the X3D CPUs.
AMD sees the 7800X3D just under behind the 7950X3D
However, the values still allow a comparison to the manufacturer benchmarks for the Ryzen 9 7950X3D – with which Tom's Hardware has supplemented the picture – because the same settings were used for these. Lo and behold: In Rainbow Six Siege, the lead over the Core i9-13900K is the same 13 percent; in Horizon Zero Dawn it is 24 percent instead of 27 percent. The rough comparison with independent benchmarks for the processors that have already been released also shows: At least in the games selected by AMD, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is not or only marginally slower than the top model, which is over 300 euros more expensive.
However, there will only be clarity with independent benchmarks when the X3D latecomer goes on sale. ComputerBase will come up with the usual extensive tests and analyzes in due course.
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