AMD

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Previous generationRyzen 7000Released April 6, 2023Launch price $449

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Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core2,423points#16 of 16 Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core15,486points#14 of 16 Cinebench 2024 Multi-core1,115points#15 of 17 Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra710fps#5 of 17

The previous-generation gaming favourite, still among the faster gaming chips in the reviews we cite: eight Zen 4 cores with 96 MB of L3. It is slower than the 9800X3D in both games and work, so it is worth it only at a clear discount. Very efficient; it runs well on a mid-range air cooler.

Against the line-up

Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core · points

#16 of 16 · Geekbench Browser
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D23,163
  2. 2Ryzen 7 9850X3D3,122
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D3,058
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3,048
  5. 15Ryzen 5 7600X2,607
  6. 16Ryzen 7 7800X3D2,423

Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core · points

#14 of 16 · Geekbench Browser
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D228,167
  2. 2Core Ultra 7 270K Plus27,402
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D26,572
  4. 4Core Ultra 9 285K25,837
  5. 13Ryzen 7 9700X17,630
  6. 14Ryzen 7 7800X3D15,486
  7. 15Ryzen 5 9600X14,323

Cinebench 2024 Multi-core · points

#15 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D22,529
  2. 2Core Ultra 7 270K Plus2,509
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D2,423
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X2,344
  5. 14Ryzen 7 9700X1,162
  6. 15Ryzen 7 7800X3D1,115
  7. 16Ryzen 5 9600X971

Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra · fps

#5 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D758
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D742
  3. 3Ryzen 7 9800X3D736
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2732
  5. 5Ryzen 7 7800X3D710
  6. 6Ryzen 9 9900X3D685

Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Ultra · fps

#5 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D148
  2. 2Ryzen 7 9800X3D143
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D141
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2141
  5. 5Ryzen 7 7800X3D122
  6. 6Ryzen 9 9900X3D119

Blender Benchmark samples/min

#15 of 17 · Blender Open Data
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D2687
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D663
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X625
  4. 4Core Ultra 7 270K Plus611
  5. 14Ryzen 7 9700X309
  6. 15Ryzen 7 7800X3D264
  7. 16Ryzen 5 9600X263

The whole Processors line-up side by side, with prices

Every benchmark

Quoted from the publications that ran them; we don't test hardware ourselves. Figures from different publications were run on different systems and scenes, so compare within a row's source.

Cyberpunk 2077

SettingResultSource
1080p High
one source		 184fps Gamers Nexus, Aug 17, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition, DDR5-6000 CL30
Phantom Liberty test scene; GN CPU mega chart
1080p Ultra
one source		 122fps Tom's Hardware, Apr 21, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Counter-Strike 2

SettingResultSource
1080p Ultra
one source		 710fps Tom's Hardware, Apr 21, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Blender Benchmark

SettingResultSource
Standard run
one source		 264samples/min Blender Open Data, Oct 19, 2026
Median of 362 user CPU results, Blender 4.5.0

Geekbench 6 CPU

SettingResultSource
Multi-core
one source		 15,486points Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026
Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026
Single-core
one source		 2,423points Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026
Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026

Cinebench 2024

SettingResultSource
Multi-core
one source		 1,115points Tom's Hardware, Apr 21, 2026

Sources

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