The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is 35 to 43 percent faster than the Ryzen 7 9700X in Cyberpunk 2077, and 10 percent in Counter-Strike 2. In work tests they are closer, 1 to 18 percent apart. Both are 8 Zen 5 cores; the difference is 96MB of L3 cache against 32MB, and $479 against $359 at launch.

Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Ryzen 7 9700XRyzen 7 9800X3D
Price$359launch price$479AMD's suggested price
Cores88
Threads1616
Base clock3.8 GHz4.7 GHz
Boost clock5.5 GHz5.2 GHz
Geekbench 6 CPUSingle-core, points3,0012,968
Geekbench 6 CPUMulti-core, points17,63018,740
Cinebench 2024Multi-core, points1,1621,375
Counter-Strike 21080p Ultra, fps672736
Cyberpunk 20771080p Ultra, fps106143
Blender Benchmarksamples/min309334
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Figures as published by Blender Open Data (Oct 19, 2026), Geekbench Browser (Sep 16, 2026), Tom's Hardware (Mar 23, 2026), Tom's Hardware (Mar 23, 2026), Tom's Hardware (Apr 21, 2026), Tom's Hardware (Apr 21, 2026). The best figure is marked where a row is all one source.

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The figures, one lab per row

Every row is one lab's run of both chips.

Ryzen 7 9700X vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D, same test, same lab

7 rows
Test and settingRyzen 7 9700XRyzen 7 9800X3DAheadLab
Cyberpunk 2077, 1080p, High (fps)145.6208.1Ryzen 7 9800X3D by 43%Gamers Nexus
Cyberpunk 2077, 1080p, Ultra (fps)106.1142.8Ryzen 7 9800X3D by 35%Tom's Hardware
Counter-Strike 2, 1080p, Ultra (fps)672736.5Ryzen 7 9800X3D by 10%Tom's Hardware
Blender Benchmark (samples/min)309.3333.9Ryzen 7 9800X3D by 8%Blender Open Data
Geekbench 6 CPU, Multi-core (points)17,63018,740Ryzen 7 9800X3D by 6%Geekbench Browser
Geekbench 6 CPU, Single-core (points)3,0012,968levelGeekbench Browser
Cinebench 2024, Multi-core (points)1,1621,375Ryzen 7 9800X3D by 18%Tom's Hardware

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Games

On Gamers Nexus's bench the 9800X3D averages 208 fps in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p to the 9700X's 146; on Tom's Hardware's, 143 to 106 at Ultra. That is the cache at work. With a mid-range graphics card at 1440p most of that gap disappears; with a fast card at 1080p or high refresh rates it is the biggest upgrade a CPU can give.

Work and power

Cinebench 2024 multi-core is 1,375 against 1,162, Blender 334 against 309, and the 9700X is level on one core (3,001 against 2,968 in Geekbench 6). The 9700X is rated at 65W against 120W, so it runs cooler on a small air cooler.

Which one to buy

For a gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti or faster, buy the 9800X3D. For a mid-range gaming PC or a quiet work machine, the 9700X saves $120 you should put into the graphics card.

Questions

35 to 43 percent in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p and 10 percent in Counter-Strike 2, on Gamers Nexus's and Tom's Hardware's benches.

Yes, with a mid-range graphics card at 1440p it is close to the 9800X3D, since the card sets the frame rate.