AMD brings its impressive 3D V-Cache technology to its Ryzen 7000 desktop processors. As of February, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 7900X3D, and 7800X3D will all ship with some big promises of PC gaming and productivity gains. AMD could be about to regain the PC performance crown it lost to Intel’s Core i9-13900K a few months ago.
There’s reason to be excited if you’re about to build a PC game rig. AMD’s first desktop chip to use its 3D V-Cache technology, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, surpassed its own Ryzen 5900X and Intel’s 12th Gen Core i9-12900K for PC gaming last year. Even against the Core i9-13900K, it held its own in a number of games.
AMD’s choice to extend its 3D V-Cache technology to its Ryzen 9 chips this time around means we’ll really see how it will impact productivity and rendering apps, alongside the usual PC gaming performance improvements on the highest level of AMD’s consumer CPU offerings.
The flagship Ryzen 9 7950X3D comes with 16 cores, 32 threads, a TDP of 120 watts and almost 150MB of L2 and L3 cache combined. AMD promises this will be the “ultimate processor for gamers and creators,” with promises of between 15 and 25 percent better performance in CPU-bound games at 1080p.
On the productivity side, AMD promises up to 52 percent performance improvements in file compression (7-Zip) over the i9-13900K, 17 percent on Adobe Premiere Pro (PugetBench Live Playback Score), and 4 percent on file encryption (VeraCrypt AES). We’ll have to fully test these claims, but given how well the 5800X3D performed in gaming, it’s reasonable to expect solid performance gains on the 7950X3D’s side.
While AMD is announcing a rough February ship date for the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 7900X3D, and 7800X3D, no pricing is available just yet. Intel undercut AMD’s pricing by about $100 on the i9-13900K versus the 7950X, so it’ll be interesting to see if AMD is able to strike back with a combination of price and performance for its Ryzen 7000 3D chips.
If you’re not interested in the top-end flagship processors that put dollars on your power bill, AMD is also launching 65-watt Zen 4 CPUs. The Ryzen 9 7900 comes with 12 cores, up to 5.4GHz boost, and on-chip Radeon graphics, all for $429. It’s designed to compete with Intel’s latest 65-watt 13th-generation chips with a balance of power efficiency and performance for gaming and productivity.
AMD also has a $329 Ryzen 7 7700 with 12 cores and a 5.3 GHz boost, plus a $229 Ryzen 5 7600 with six cores and a 5.1 GHz boost. All three will be available January 10 and support the AM5 platform with support for both PCIe Gen 5 and DDR5.
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