AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs 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.
Review
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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
- Has 65536 KB larger L3 cache size
- Newer - released 2-years and 9-months later
- 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2132 vs 1491 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
- Unlocked multiplier
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Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1170 MB/sec | 715.4 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 83.4 Klines/sec | 78.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 230.4 pages/sec | 172.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 319 Mpixels/sec | 270.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 208.1 pages/sec | 121 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 55.4 images/sec | 41.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 77.6 images/sec | 57.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 20.6 Mpixels/sec | 18.3 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 89.5 GOps/sec | 68.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 49.9 GOps/sec | 39.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 205M Primes/sec | 108M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 34.4M Strings/sec | 33.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 20.2 GBytes/sec | 19.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 328.3 MBytes/sec | 305.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2880 Frames/sec | 1238 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 22.2B Matrices/sec | 20.1B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 7 3800XGeneral
| 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 |
CPU
| 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 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 | 90°C | 95°C |
Memory Support
| Memory types | - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2933 - DDR4-2667 |
- DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 47.68 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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