The leaks surrounding the Ryzen 7 9800X3D are getting stronger and that means its launch must be right around the corner. Still we have no official information from AMD, so I can’t give you an exact date, but everything seems to indicate that the said processor will hit the market in early November.

I know that this is one of the most anticipated processors, so I decided to make a compilation with all the information that has been leaked so far about the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. As I said before, nothing official yet, but the information I will give you It is quite believable and comes from sources that have some degree of reliability.

In terms of performance data, They have an official origin because they are part of the leak that happened during the MSI event, although they are still very limited and may differ slightly from the data obtained later in unbiased analyses, so we have to take them with a grain of salt.

Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs

• Zen Architecture 5.
• An 8-core, 16-thread CPU chip built on TSMC’s 4nm node.
• I/O chiplet made on TSMC’s 6nm node.
• Operating frequency 4.7 GHz-5.2 GHz, normal and turbo mode.
• 96 MB of L3 cache memory. 32 MB on the CPU chiplet and 64 MB stacked in 3D.
• 8 MB L2 cache.
• TDP 120W.

Turbo mode indicates the maximum peak speed this processor will be able to achieve with one active core. When using more cores, the maximum speed will gradually decrease depending on the total number of active cores and will probably be around 4.7 GHz or 4.8 GHz with all active cores.

Compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, we have a significant improvement in this sense, because the said processor works on Base frequency 4.2 GHz and 5 GHz in turbo mode with an active core. This increase in working speed already gives it a significant advantage in terms of performance over the current generation model.

Both have the same TDP and the same number of cores. They have too the same amount of cacheso the difference in performance between the two will be due to this increase in frequency on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, its higher IPC and the possible inclusion of improvements and optimizations to the 3D stacked cache.

This processor will be compatible with motherboards equipped with the 600 series chipset and the 800 series chipset According to the first leaks, it seems that it will have no problem working with high-speed memories, because in theory and depending on the support of the motherboard. used, It is compatible with modules up to 8,800 MT/s.

Benchmark performance against Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We must distinguish two types of performance, performance in applications and synthetic benchmarks and performance in games. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D will have a higher IPC and a higher operating frequency, so it will perform better than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in both, but the difference will be greater in synthetic applications, according to the first leaked data.

Ryzen 7 9800X3D will be in the games up to 11% faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. I said up to because this number represents one of the best possible values ​​and therefore the difference between the two could be smaller in specific games. Everything will depend on the specific optimization of each title without further ado.

The difference between the two will be much greater in synthetic applications. In Cinebench R23, a highly demanding CPU rendering test, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D up to 18% faster in single thread and 28% faster in multithreading. These numbers match the results I saw in my Ryzen 9000 analyses, where they showed higher performance in synthetic tests like this one than in games.

Ryzen 7 9800X3D will be a very powerful processor better balanced in terms of gaming performance and performance in other types of applications, and will offer a more solid value than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in that respect. However, I don’t think the differences between them will be enough to justify a CPU upgrade if we already have a Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

If we compare with Ryzen 7 9700X it will be more powerful in applications and synthetic benchmarks thanks to a higher operating frequency, but the Ryzen 7 9800X3D will be much better in games. Remember that as I told you in my analysis, the Ryzen 7 9700X does not outperform the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in games.

Possible release date and price

Those are two very important unknowns we have right now, though the latest rumors make them a little clearer. All indications are that the launch of this new CPU will happen at the beginning of Novemberand it makes all the sense in the world because with such an early launch, AMD could face the upcoming launch of Intel Core Ultra 200K.

In terms of price, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been listed between $484 and $520. These aren’t official prices, these are early listings that suggest something interesting, which is that this processor may have had a higher retail price than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D at launch, as it hit the market for $449.

In Spain, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D debuted at 509.90 euros, a figure that allows us to make an approximate calculation of how much the Ryzen 7 9800X3D could cost in our country. If we start from the base price of $499, convert the currency and apply taxes, we have a final price of 555 euros, which using a slight rounding It would cost 559 euros.

I remind you once again that there is nothing official yet, but the costs between 500 and 550 euros make sense. Ryzen 7 7800X3D now it is about 470 euros, so its price should drop once the Ryzen 7 9800X3D arrives, although it will all depend on the price it reaches. If it ends up costing 550 euros, the current model can only go down slightly, as both could coexist on the market with a price difference of 100 euros.