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The performance race continues as a newly leaked AMD review guide revealed that the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is between 5-6% faster than the Intel Core i9-13900K.
The confidential data, which has been leaked by HD technology (opens in new tab) and reported by video cardz (opens in new tab), shows how well the flagship Zen4 model Ryzen 9 7950X3D, equipped with extended L3 cache, performs compared to the 13th Gen Intel processor. According to said data, the 7950X3D is 5.6% faster in gaming based on games like Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Borderlands 3, Cyperpunk 2077, Dirt 5 and more played at 1080p resolution.
AMD tested the Ryzen 9 7950X3D with two graphics cards, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the Nvidia RTX 4090, with both systems having two 16GB of DDR5-6000 memory. When using the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, the difference between the two processors is 5.6%. That difference increases to 6% when using the Nvidia RTX 4090.
The new AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D model was also compared to the original model, the 7950X, without the additional cache, and tests showed that the new 3D V-Cache processor is up to 16% faster than the original version.
AMD uses world-class bait, but will buyers bite?
Team Red heats things up by offering what appears to be the best performance of AMD processors compared to Team Blue’s current lineup. However, the crux of the matter is whether gamers are willing to spend more money for better performance.
Currently that is the Ryzen 9 7950X3D priced at $699 from launch, while the Core i9-13900K can be had for around $589 (with Amazon (opens in new tab) currently charges $569.99). That’s a pretty big cost difference. And while there’s a notable performance boost, it’s hard to spend more than $100 more for a roughly 6% difference.
It’s also no secret that PC games haven’t even fully caught up with last-gen specs, let alone everything this generation has to offer. Plus, for gamers, it’s really about getting the latest processor avoid bottlenecks in performance unless you’re playing a real-time strategy game. As for creatives and workers, cheaper CPUs are fine.
We’ll see if sales figures prove buyers will invest in performance improvements or if there’s a limit to those generous pockets.