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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Ryzen 7 5800X

78 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
VS
53 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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.

  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
50.2
(Average)
Value Index
70.9
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800X and 9800X3D
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
  • Newer - released 4 years and 2 months later
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Around 38.4 GB/s (75%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 49% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3315 vs 2232 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 9800X3D
vs
Ryzen 7 5800X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 708 483
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5087 3448
Cinebench Scores (87th and 188th 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 7 9800X3D +79%
18350
Ryzen 7 5800X
10270
File compression 1730 MB/sec 851.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140.3 Klines/sec 97.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 181 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 509 Mpixels/sec 319.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 337 pages/sec 236.3 pages/sec
Background blur 90.4 images/sec 50.5 images/sec
Photo processing 135.2 images/sec 66.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.1 Mpixels/sec 25.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 936 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9800X3D +44%
39929
Ryzen 7 5800X
27661
Integer math 116.6 GOps/sec 94.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 79.4 GOps/sec 52.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 420M Primes/sec 122M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 48.4M Strings/sec 35.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.1 GBytes/sec 21.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 467.2 MBytes/sec 345.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 4071 Frames/sec 1354 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 38.7B Matrices/sec 23.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 25509 & 25373 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 9800X3D +49%
321.39
Ryzen 7 5800X
216.41

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.1 PPW 8.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 152.9 PPW 97.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 332.7 PPW 263.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.68 PPW 2.06 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 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
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-18 (dxd_shxdow)Cinebench 2026483 / 3448
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 (NyNy)Cinebench 202481 / 747
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-16 (nothampter)Cinebench 202482 / 1064
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-06 (Hexg)Cinebench 202495 / 849
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 (ivy:3)Cinebench 202496 / 863
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Ryzen 7 5800X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 31, 2024 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number 9800X3D -
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 11700K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (14th and 95th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 47x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 96MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 120 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 162 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (27th and 98th 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 - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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

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