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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D

59 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
VS
78 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12-cores against the 4.7 GHz Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 8-cores. 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
54.4
(Average)
Value Index
50.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9800X3D and 5900X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
  • Newer - released 4 years and 1 month later
  • Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 46% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3315 vs 2263 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 5900X
vs
Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 708
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5087
Cinebench Scores (112th and 87th place)
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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 9 5900X
12701
Ryzen 7 9800X3D +44%
18350
File compression 1170 MB/sec 1730 MB/sec
Clang compilation 126 Klines/sec 140.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 217.8 pages/sec 356.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 362 Mpixels/sec 509 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 232 pages/sec 337 pages/sec
Background blur 38.7 images/sec 90.4 images/sec
Photo processing 85.1 images/sec 135.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 31.5 Mpixels/sec 29.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 441 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 5900X
38888
Ryzen 7 9800X3D +3%
39929
Integer math 139.7 GOps/sec 116.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 77.6 GOps/sec 79.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 257M Primes/sec 420M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 51.5M Strings/sec 48.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 31 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 498.8 MBytes/sec 467.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1984 Frames/sec 4071 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 33.1B Matrices/sec 38.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 27058 & 25509 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 5900X
316.84
Ryzen 7 9800X3D +1%
321.39

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 11.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 121 PPW 152.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 370.4 PPW 332.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.02 PPW 2.68 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 9 5900X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-19 (D)Cinebench 202467 / 893
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Zoli)Cinebench 202493 / 1254
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Otamatone)Cinebench 202492 / 981
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (aref)Cinebench 202494 / 1015
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB)Cinebench 2024120 / 380
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 (Average)Cinebench 2026735 / 5624
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (looch)Cinebench 2026708 / 5087
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-20 (szegi)Cinebench 2024138 / 1365
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-08 (Spice Master)Cinebench 2026764 / 5801
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-08 (ChronicallyEve)Cinebench 2026721 / 5465
Add View all (73)

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 7 9800X3D

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 8, 2020 October 31, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number - 9800X3D
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 11900K -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (70th and 14th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 24 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 47x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors 4.15 billions -
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 162 W
Socket AM4 AM5
Peak Temperature 90Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (83rd and 27th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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