AMD says that Ryzen 7800X3D will still hold the crown for gaming, even when compared to some of their new Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 CPUs.
When it comes to gaming performance, very little can beatAMD’s 7000X3D processors. This apparently remains true despite the upcoming launch of AMD’s next-generation Zen 5 processors, the Ryzen 9000 series.
AMD’s Senior Technical Marketing Manager Donny Woligroski explained in an interview withTom’s Hardwarethat the newZen 5 CPUssuch as the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 9 9950X will come close to the performance of X3D processors such as the7800X3Dand7950X3D, but will not exceed it in gaming workloads.
The new Zen 5 processors will offer performance improvements geared towards productivity workloads, particularly for floating-point intensive applications such as scientific and financial software.
“Is it the fastest in gaming? It’s faster than the competition in our tests. X3D is still the king of the hill, but by a much smaller margin than typically between X3D and non-X3D,” Woligroski clarified, “So a 7800X3D would, yes, be faster than 9700X, but maybe not by as much as you would expect.”
AMD could be aiming to beat Intel’s launch of its next-generationArrow Lake-S processorsor to meet the demand for performance upgrades from PC gaming fans. Either way,waiting for the 9000X3Dseries seems to be the wisest move for power-hungry users.
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Rebecca Hills-Duty was a Tech Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team, specializing in PC components, VR, AMD, Nvidia and Intel. She has previously written for UploadVR and The Escapist, hosts a weekly show on RadioSEGA and has an obsession with retro gaming.
