The look forward to AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D and its thrilling new V-Cache technology is over. At lengthy final, this revolutionary processor lastly hit retail cabinets on April 20. But not like different Ryzen 5000 sequence CPUs, this explicit chip shines in particular situations—and dulls a bit in others.
Last week’s drop of unbiased benchmarks explains the total story, however you don’t must comb by infinite charts to grasp the state of affairs. We’ve pulled out the highest items of data to get you in control shortly—and enable you to resolve if the 5800X3D is for you.
It’s quick in video games
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Among its fellow Ryzen 5000 CPUs, the 5800X3D takes the crown because the quickest of the bunch in gaming. At 1080p High or Ultra, it improves upon the usual 5800X’s efficiency by as a lot as 44 %, relying on the sport. More generally, the typical achieve falls between 22 and 28 %. At 1440p, you’re taking a look at a median enchancment of round 11 %.
This new processor additionally holds its personal towards Intel’s prime chip, the $589 Core i9-12900Ok. In truth, the battle between the 5800X3D and 12900Ok largely ends in a draw. That’s to not say they provide equal efficiency. You’ll usually see a transparent winner in particular person video games, nevertheless it shifts backwards and forwards. For instance, at 1080p, the 5800X3D would possibly outpace the 12900Ok by 5 % in a single title, however in one other, the 12900Ok comes out on prime by 7 %. The story is analogous at 1440p, although the delta shrinks a bit of. Occasionally, 12900Ok will scrape out a double-digit benefit when paired with DDR5 reminiscence. (For all of the nitty-gritty particulars, take a complete tour of 5800X3D critiques throughout the net—e.g., Tom’s Hardware, TechSpot, GamersNexus, PCGamer, and many others.)
In combination, the benchmarks can provide a small benefit (about 2 %) to both chip, relying on the video games used for testing. So briefly, when you have a specific recreation that you just play on a regular basis, look into its benchmark outcomes. Otherwise, the 5800X3D makes staying with AM4 and DDR4 nonetheless appear interesting—in particular situations, anyway. More on that in a second.
But slower in productiveness duties
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While the 5800X3D screams in video games, it’s noticeably slower in terms of non-gaming purposes. Think rendering, encoding, even Adobe Photoshop—conditions the place time is cash.
In multi-threaded work, the Core i9-12900Ok (16 cores, 24 threads) and Ryzen 9 5900X (12 cores, 24 threads) depart the 5800X3D (8 cores, 16 threads) within the mud. Benchmark outcomes can provide a lead as massive as 39 % to the 12900Ok, and upward of 25 % for the 5900X. Even when pitted towards the usual 5800X, the 5800X3D reveals a dip of 5 to 6 % in efficiency. Single-core efficiency additionally drops, with the proportion ranging between mid-single digits to low teenagers.
It can’t be overclocked
One of Ryzen’s benefits over Intel Core processors has lengthy been the power to overclock any chip. Not so with the 5800X3D. You can’t enhance its efficiency on this method, as came to light last month.
At the time of the reveal, Director of Technical Marketing Robert Hallock confirmed that the choice to regulate voltage or frequency for the 5800X3D in a motherboard’s UEFI interface could be locked out. He additionally defined that the characteristic was eliminated due to the chip’s 3D V-Cache, which requires a hard-coded voltage restrict.
So sadly, you get what you get with the 5800X3D. You can’t coax out further freebie efficiency and easy out that distinction between it and the usual 5800X in non-gaming purposes.
It prices greater than a Ryzen 9 5900X
Yes, you learn that proper. At $450, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is at present dearer than a Ryzen 9 5900X.
While that quantity is identical as the usual 5800X’s 2020 launch value, the road costs for the 12-core, 24-thread 5900X have dropped properly under its MSRP of $550. As of late, the 5900X has been sitting at slightly below $400. In truth, on the time of this text’s publish, Amazon is offering it for $394—and even briefly marked it all the way down to $383 the week previous to compete with antonline’s eBay store price of $382.
The 5800X3D can be over $100 greater than the present road value for the usual 5800X. Right now you will discover it on Amazon and different retailers within the neighborhood of $340. Price-sensitive builders might want to see 5800X3D’s top-notch gaming efficiency as a precedence for it to supply sufficient worth.
It’s higher for upgrades in particular instances
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You’re not unsuitable if you happen to’re pondering at this level that the 5800X3D feels like a little bit of a distinct segment chip. Because of its laser concentrate on gaming, this processor actually works greatest for individuals in two camps. In the primary group are those that can’t afford the additional $100 for a Core i9-12900Ok however nonetheless need one of the best gaming efficiency attainable—a lot in order that they’re prepared to disregard the cheaper $385 Core i7-12700Ok, which is barely a bit of slower in video games however performs extra equally throughout the board.
In the opposite group are individuals with older Ryzen methods who might use a lift—anybody with a chip from the Ryzen 3000 sequence or earlier. (Spoiler: We would possibly simply have some information about that coming quickly….) The actual winners are individuals like PCWorld’s very personal Brad Chacos, who nonetheless has a Ryzen 7 1800X and a X370 board. Thanks to the magic of AMD’s AM4 platform, first-generation Ryzen PCs can transfer as much as gaming efficiency practically on par with a 12900Ok at lower than half the fee. Talk a couple of kickass reward for all of the early Ryzen adopters on the market.