Ryzen 7 7800X3D outperforms i9-13900K in 1080p gaming

The Ryzen X3Ds are being touted by AMD as the ideal CPUs for gaming thanks to their stacked cache for small, repetitive processes. And so is repeating itself with its second generation X3D CPU with V-Cache, with the eight-core, 7-thread Ryzen 7800 3X16D as its flagship.

AMD previously announced three CPUs with V-Cache, but has postponed the launch of the third model until this week. The reason for the delay would be that the $7800 3X449D might have stolen some sales from its more expensive siblings, thus AMD would have pushed it back to leave buyers with the more expensive option. And since its launch is close, we find official benchmarks, this time they compare favorably against the i9-13900K in games at 1080p. We are talking about what is the flagship of the overclockable Raptor Lake.

AMD sells a lot on the improved gaming performance of the 7800X3D

The new benchmarks come from AMD, which have been sent to journalists for further analysis. One of the slides was published by the Videocardz portal, and it shows that the 7800X3D is not the fastest in all popular games. That hasn't stopped AMD from boasting of boosting speeds of an enthusiast-end CPU at 1080p resolution.

This time the slide compares the Ryzen 7 7800X3D with the more expensive and more core i9-13900K. You can see the reality of the benefits that AMD's V-Cache offers, and that is that highly depends on the game being tested. According to Videocardz, in the 21 titles evaluated by AMD, the overall average gain is only 6,9%. It was very noticeable in Horizon Zero Dawn, but in Cunter Strike: Global Offensive the increased amount of cache on the CPU is barely noticeable.

In previous presentations, they showed that the 7800X3D it was up to 24% faster than Intel's CPU in several titles. In others, it was "up to 30%« While these numbers are not false, many analysts claim that AMD is cherry-picking the best use cases.

Also, as the resolution goes up, the CPU becomes less critical, and 1080p is postulated as a very low resolution for users who buy such an expensive CPU. It has been rumored that the performance between the CPUs compared to higher resolutions would be very similar in games. The 7800X3D it could even be faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, since you don't have to deal with asymmetric clock speeds on the dual chips.