There are numerous reports and rumors floating around about the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, including release dates, clock speeds, and more. But thanks to a new leak from the motherboard manufacturer, we may now have a good idea of what specs it packs.
Maxsun, which produces the motherboard for the processor, appears to have revealed some juicy information about the chip. Interestingly enough, the leak calls it the AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D, but most likely it’s the Ryzen 7. According to the listit has a TDP of 120W and 96 MB cache, including 32 MB L3 cache and 64 MB 3D V-Cache. This means the cache size is still the same as previous models, which honestly isn’t great.
The leaked document also reveals that the base clock speed is 4.7 GHz – 900 MHz faster than the 9700X. Most likely this is because the TDP is higher in the 9800X3D. The leak also states that it will have an increased clock speed of 5.2 GHz, which strangely would be 300 MHz slower than the 9700X. This all adds up a previous leak which confirms the same information. As for the single-core clock speed, it hasn’t been announced at this time, but it is believed to be 5.4/5.5 GHz.
If past reports can be trusted, then we should have an official confirmation of the 9800X3D’s specs on October 25, 2024. Although the actual launch date would most likely be sometime in November 2024.
Disappointing rumored performance
While the base clock speeds seem promising enough (although they haven’t been increased that much), a recent report from a German technology site seems to indicate rather unimpressive benchmark scores. In gaming comparisons, the Ryzen 9800X3D is 11% faster than the 7800X3D in Far Cry6. Shadow of the Tomb Raider sees an increase of only 4% and Black Myth: Wukong a dismal 2%.
Cinebench looks a bit more promising in this regard, with a huge performance increase of around 18% and 28% faster than its predecessor for single-core and multi-core respectively. Still, considering this is supposed to be a next-generation chip, the overall results are rather lackluster.