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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Ryzen 7 3800X

52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D against the 3.9 GHz Ryzen 7 3800X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
13.6
(Bad)
Value Index
19.6
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3800X and 5800X3D
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 2 years and 9 months later
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2113 vs 1781 points
  • Around 3.52 GB/s (7%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
vs
Ryzen 7 3800X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5800X3D +30%
11198
Ryzen 7 3800X
8592
File compression 1240 MB/sec 702 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80.7 Klines/sec 77.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 227.7 pages/sec 162.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 316.9 Mpixels/sec 270.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 205.9 pages/sec 150.7 pages/sec
Background blur 54.7 images/sec 40.5 images/sec
Photo processing 81.4 images/sec 61.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.9 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 700 & 477 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5800X3D +23%
28289
Ryzen 7 3800X
22975
Integer math 88.2 GOps/sec 67.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 50.1 GOps/sec 39.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 230M Primes/sec 101M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.8M Strings/sec 32.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.2 GBytes/sec 19.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 329.4 MBytes/sec 304.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2875 Frames/sec 1219 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.6B Matrices/sec 20B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 11489 & 7540 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 5800X3D +14%
212.46
Ryzen 7 3800X
186.91

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.9 PPW 7.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 106.6 PPW 81.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 269.4 PPW 218.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.02 PPW 1.78 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-29 (3Dawe)Cinebench 202492 / 858
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-30 -> vermilixnCinebench 202494 / 911
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-30 (vermilixn)Cinebench 202494 / 911
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Homer35)Cinebench 202494 / 901
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-24 (masuzo)Cinebench 202490 / 808
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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-21 (bullshark)Cinebench 202481 / 768
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-04-19 (OXO)Cinebench 202477 / 717
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 7 3800X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released March 15, 2022 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 12700K - Intel Core i7 9700K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (103rd and 146th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 39x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 96MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 3.8 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 105 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 90ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (101st and 136th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- DDR4-2933
- DDR4-2667		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D official page AMD Ryzen 7 3800X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Total votes: 36

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Comments

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