We’ve seen a lot of leaks about the Ryzen 9000X3D lately. There are talks of possible lower prices and increased V-Cache for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. The upcoming Zen 5 Ryzen 9000X3D processors are expected to strengthen AMD's gaming advantage over Intel even more. This is particularly relevant now since the new Intel Core Ultra 200K “Arrow Lake” CPUs likely won’t provide any gaming performance improvements compared to the 14th generation chips.
New Specifications
As for the specs of the Ryzen 9000X3D, rumors suggest that these chips will have faster clock speeds than the Zen 4 models. A recent video on bilibili has shown the Ryzen 7 9800X3D working at a significantly higher all-core boost clock compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
The video from bilibili claims that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D features a base clock of 4.7 GHz, with the ability to boost all cores to 5.2 GHz during what seems to be Cinebench 2024. While we don’t have the benchmark data, the 5.2 GHz all-core clock speed is quite thrilling for several reasons.
Performance Improvements
Firstly, if the Ryzen 7 9800X3D really hits an all-core frequency of 5.2 GHz, it would mark a notable 400 MHz rise over the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which peaks at 4.8 GHz across all 8 cores. Interestingly, the 400 MHz increase matches the bump we saw from the Ryzen 7 7800X3D (4.8 GHz) to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D (4.35 GHz).
Moreover, hitting a 5.2 GHz all-core boost clock could indicate a single-core boost reaching between 5.4 and 5.5 GHz. Just for reference, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a single-core boost speed of 5 GHz. Since many games benefit from higher single-threaded frequencies, this means greater gaming performance in most cases.
Conclusion
Also, when we factor in the IPC improvements from the new Zen 5 architecture, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D appears to be a solid upgrade compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. This should please AMD enthusiasts who were let down by the underwhelming gains of standard Zen 5 processors.
Before we conclude, just remember to take this information lightly, as we currently lack official confirmation regarding the specs of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
bilibili via HXL on X, Teaser image: AMD, Joshua Sortino on Unsplash, edited
