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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: obliterating the competition

The Digital Foundry CPU review of the Intel AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, with the test rig, content creation benchmarks and much more.

Rather than adding on the extra L3 cache above the CCD, AMD has popped it underneath this time around, a move that sees temperatures go down and clock speeds go up. To properly get to grips with the level of performance on offer, we've run the 9800X3D through our full gamut of 11 game benchmarks at 1080p, 1440p and 4K, including some of the most demanding single-player ( Dragon's Dogma, Starfield, Cyberpunk) and multiplayer (CS2, F1 24) releases. Even if you don't plan to use the 9800X3D to crank out videos or do 3D modelling, this sort of testing also sets out the maximum uptick we're likely to see in gaming workloads and gives you a more general sense of all-core performance.

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