If you’re thinking of jumping on the AMD bandwagon for your next upgrade, now is certainly the right time to do so. Right now, AMD’s most popular Zen 5 “X3D” processors – the AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D
For gaming rigs, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is easily the best value because its gaming performance is moreorless on equal footing with the more expensive 9900X3D and 9950X3D CPUs. The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D boasts a max boost clock of 5.2GHz with 8 cores, 16 threads, and 104MB of L2-L3 cache Although perfectly capable of handling multitasking, rendering, and creation, the limited number of cores means that it won’t perform as well in this regard as the 9950X3D. However, this is an absolute monster of a processor for gaming, especially at this price point.
Creative professionals who also want the best gaming chip on the market shouldn’t think twice; this is the CPU to get. The new 9950X3D boasts a max boost clock of 5.7GHz with 16 cores, 32 threads, and 144MB of L2-L3 cache. In terms of gaming, it’s only a few percentage points better than than the 9800X3D. However, for productivity use, it easily outperforms both the 9800X3D and 9900X3D, and anything offered by Intel for that matter.
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