Ahead of its upcoming launch and in anticipation of the various reviews dropping on Thursday, Apr. 14, AMD showcased the power behind its forthcoming chip: the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. In it, the company has pitted the supposed world's fastest gaming CPU alongside Intel's Core i9-12900K, which is currently priced at around $600 or more.
Although various leaks have pointed out the chip's potential, this would be the first time AMD is speaking out confidently against its Intel rival. Intel's i9-12900K runs on the company's 12th-gen "Alder Lake" processor, which certainly has some beefy metrics of its own. But, in the world of gaming, it appears AMD's remarks were somewhat valid.
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D utilized an interesting new proponent, coined its V-Cache memory, which allows it a level-3 cache of 96MB in CPU main memory, which is astounding. It's an 8-core and 16-thread chip with a potential boost clock of 4.5GHz and a base of 3.4GHz. When pitted up against the likes of an AMD predecessor, such as the Ryzen 7 5800X, the 3D iteration works wonders due largely to this bonded V-Cache proponent, allotting a veritable ton of wiggle worm for data scrubbing on the PC's main memory.
As far as games go, it's clear that AMD wasn't mincing words. Performance benchmarks provided by the company prove it is a powerhouse of a chip in almost all categories, except Grand Theft Auto, for some reason. As mentioned previously in the report focusing on its leaked benchmarks, it's clear that some games are prone to work better on Alder Lake as opposed to Ryzen's newest 3D V-Cache processor, but more than most seem to favor AMD.
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Erin Maiorino, technical marketing manager at AMD, relays several anticipatory remarks about the forthcoming chip:
"And with that leading game performance, and being priced at $449 and drop-in ready to out AMD 500, 400, and select 300-series motherboards, this is an absolute winning combination for gamers and their wallets, with the 5800X3D having up to 40 percent more performance per dollar than the competition."
AMD"S Ryzen 7 5800X3D will work with any AM4 socket with an AGESA 1.2.0.6b or higher enabled BIOS for the V-Cache compatibility to work properly. It will have a total 142W power limit with a base of 105 watts. Although the chip supposedly can't be overclocked, which Maiorino explains is due to the V-Cache architecture, the chip's Infinity Fabric and memory can both be overclocked. AMD will be working on amending these overclocking constraints for the future.
Also of note for potential consumers is that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D won't ship with a cooler in its box or thermal paste, requiring buyers to search for potential third-party offerings of the kind. The chip will be available to all potential gamers interested in its purported metrics come Apr. 20.
