AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Ryzen 7 5800X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 5800X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
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

What are the key differences between 5800X and 7800X3D
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • Newer - released 2-years and 3-months later
  • Has 65536 KB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2730 vs 2360 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
18239

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)
15629
File compression 1770 MB/sec 1140 MB/sec
Clang compilation 114.7 Klines/sec 87.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.9 pages/sec 245.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 422.4 Mpixels/sec 345.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 257.2 pages/sec 219.3 pages/sec
Background blur 66.2 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
Photo processing 113.7 images/sec 89.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.7 Mpixels/sec 19.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
34740
Integer math 104.4 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.2 GOps/sec 52.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 331M Primes/sec 131M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 47.5M Strings/sec 36M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.5 GBytes/sec 21.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 387.1 MBytes/sec 346.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3573 Frames/sec 1391 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 29.3B Matrices/sec 23.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Value for money

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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 7 5800X

General

Vendor AMD AMD
Released January 4, 2023 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 38x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 96MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier - Yes

Package

Transistors 13.1 billions 4.15 billions
Fabrication process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 120 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 162 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak temperature 89°C 90°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) -
GPU Base Clock 1500 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -
Shading Units 448 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 2 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
1.43 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official site AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or Ryzen 7 7800X3D?
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