The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, the primary to utilise the brand new 3D V-Cache know-how, might be obtainable on April 20, 2022 for $449.
This new chip from the purple staff shares many attributes with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X: it’s an eight-core, 16-thread processor; it is constructed utilizing TSMC’s 7nm course of node; and it really works with current AM4 socket motherboards.
So why trouble upgrading in any respect?
AMD is utilizing intelligent chip-stacking know-how named 3D V-Cache to bolster the 5800X3D’s gaming efficiency. It does this by boosting L3 cache to 3 instances what it’s on the Ryzen 7 5800X by way of 3D die stacking—a bump from 32MB to 96MB. In consequence, AMD experiences a efficiency enhance of round 15% at 1080p in gaming over the 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X.
That is a model new know-how coming from AMD and its chipmaking accomplice TSMC, so you need to count on to see it used extra extensively in future chips from AMD.
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is 3D V-Cache’s first foray onto our desktops, although, and at $449 AMD is not charging any extra cash for it. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is definitely the identical worth because the Ryzen 7 5800X was at launch.
Although the Ryzen 7 5800X is presently obtainable on sale for $350. A number of main retailers have discounted AMD’s Ryzen 5000-series CPUs throughout the board, in actual fact. These reductions are doubtless as a result of arrival of Intel’s twelfth Gen Alder Lake CPUs, although it is most likely additionally right down to the maturity of those chips, the method node, and the general demand for them.
The identical wave of reductions see the 12-core, 24-thread Ryzen 9 5900X drop to $449.
Meaning you are going to must resolve between the newer 3D-stacked chip with higher gaming efficiency over an older one with higher core counts or save your self $100 to spend elsewhere—I would advocate saving that in direction of a extra highly effective GPU.
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Ryzen 7 5800X | Ryzen 9 5900X | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cores/threads | 8/16 | 8/16 | 12/24 |
| Increase clock (GHz) | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| TDP (Watt) | 105 | 105 | 105 |
| Course of node | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm |
| L3 Cache (MB) | 96 | 32 | 64 |
| L2 Cache (MB) | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| MSRP | $449 | $449 | $549 |
The actual check for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D might be in how a lot of a distinction that stacked cache makes in gaming. If it is actually breaking new obstacles in gaming efficiency for a CPU maybe that is sufficient to win us over. And equally, I am excited to see AMD show the idea of stacked cache (and stacked chips usually) within the real-world—there’s going to be much more of this know-how round from all main distributors in a blink of an eye fixed.
AMD will even launch Zen 4 processors later this 12 months, which ought to ship a fairly important improve. Although these will even include a brand new socket, AM5, so that may doubtless depart the Ryzen 7 5800X3D as the perfect gaming processor for the AM4 socket forevermore.
We’ll preserve an eye fixed out for extra efficiency figures nearer to April 20, 2022—or 4.20—a date that holds no different relevance past AMD’s thrilling chip launch.
