The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Review: A Simpler Slice of V-Cache For Gaming
by Gavin Bonshor on April 5, 2023 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- AMD
- Zen 4
- AM5
- Ryzen 7000
- 3D V-Cache
- Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Gaming Performance: 720p And Lower
The reason we test games in CPU reviews at lower resolutions such as 720p and below is simple; titles are more likely to be CPU bound than they are GPU bound at lower resolutions. This means there are more frames for the processor to process as opposed to the graphics card doing the majority of the heavy lifting.
There are some variances where some games will still use graphical power, but not as much CPU grunt at these smaller resolutions, and this is where we can show where CPU limitations lie in terms of gaming.
We are using DDR5 memory on the Ryzen 7 78000X3D and the other Ryzen 7000 series we've tested. This also includes Intel's 13th and 12th Gen processors. We tested the aforementioned platforms with the following settings:
- DDR5-5600B CL46 - Intel 13th Gen
- DDR5-5200 CL44 - Ryzen 7000
- DDR5-4800 (B) CL40 - Intel 12th Gen
All other CPUs such as Ryzen 5000 and 3000 were tested at the relevant JEDEC settings as per the processor's individual memory support with DDR4.
Civilization VI
World of Tanks
Borderlands 3
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption 2
F1 2022
Hitman 3
Total War: Warhammer 3
Now let's talk about gaming tests, which is where the Ryzen 7 7800X3D really shines. At 720p resolution, where a strong CPU matters more than a high-end graphics card, this processor performs exceptionally well. It outperforms the Ryzen 7 7700 and can even compete with higher core count chips such as the Ryzen 9 7950X and the Core i9-13900K in certain games. Overall, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D delivers impressive 720p gaming performance.
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MetalScythe - Sunday, April 9, 2023 - link
It’s because Anandtech’s gaming benchmarks are using insanely outdated games.Do your due-diligence and read other publications’ reviews of the chip. They’re much faster at gaming than this “review” makes them seem.
meacupla - Wednesday, April 5, 2023 - link
Looking at the results in this review, are we certain that there was no "core parking driver" contamination? Because the 7800X3D seems really slow where it shouldn't be.Gamers Nexus had this issue and had to do a clean install to get their 7800X3D to work properly and not park cores.
Gavin Bonshor - Thursday, April 6, 2023 - link
Hi Meacupla, I can confirm I had no core parking driver issues, but I did use a fresh install of Windows 11 as per AMD's suggestion. I knew that issues could arise before even installing the CPU, but as I confirmed earlier, I didn't notice any odd behavior.Can I ask, where do you believe the 7800X3D is slow in our testing?
Foeketijn - Thursday, April 6, 2023 - link
The cases where it loses from the 5800X3D maybe.I find it also fascinating how often the 7600x is faster. And isn't mentioned when you make the "Cheaper CPU will enable you to buy a better GPU" point.
But that's a different story.
meacupla - Thursday, April 6, 2023 - link
this partAll the other reviews I've seen put the 7800X3D ahead by a wide margin in gaming results at 1080p and 1440p when compared against a 7600X and 7700X.
MetalScythe - Sunday, April 9, 2023 - link
Again, it’s because the games Anandtech uses for game reviews are incredibly outdated.I mean… GTA V in 2023!??
lopri - Wednesday, April 5, 2023 - link
People need to stop bitching about memory speed. 7000 series are hard-capped at 6000 MT/s (up to 6400 MT/s with questionable stability) and regular non-3D chips barely show the impact of faster memory. For these 3D V-cache chips, faster memory is literally a waste of money. As a matter of fact I'd argue it is one of the benefits of using these chips that you can get away with budget memory.roboiii - Thursday, April 27, 2023 - link
If you do a decent amount of reading/video watching it's fairly evident that 6000 @ 30 is the "sweet spot". I think rather than "bitching" people want to see their tech sources engage in actual tech that's applicable to the part in question. x3d is a part designed & marketed to gamers, who typically have a rig with high end parts and utilize the highest memory settings to achieve better performance.tjrneal - Thursday, April 6, 2023 - link
The borked 7950x3d results are still there for Dwarf Fortress and Factorio.Gavin Bonshor - Thursday, April 6, 2023 - link
They are because they are the figures we got when running the original test suite. I did run the suite a couple of times to see where the PPM driver got things wrong, and the 7950X3D running on the 3D V-Cache enabled CCD performs as well as the 7800X3D does in Factorio and Dwarf Fortress.