30 PCWorld JUNE 2022NEWS AMD’S NEW RYZEN 7 5800X3D PROCESSOR
In multi-threaded work, the Core i9-12900K
(16 cores, 24 threads) and Ryzen 9 5900X (12
cores, 24 threads) leave the 5800X3D (8 cores,
16 threads) in the dust. Benchmark results can
give a lead as big as 39 percent to the 12900K,
and upward of 25 percent for the 5900X. Even
when pitted against the standard 5800X, the
5800X3D shows a dip of 5 to 6 percent in
performance. Single-core performance also
drops, with the percentage ranging between
mid-single digits to low teens.IT CAN’T BE OVERCLOCKED
One of Ryzen’s advantages over Intel Core
processors has long been the ability to
overclock any chip. Not so with the 5800X3D.
You can’t improve its performance in this
manner (fave.co/3PjAFPw).
At the time of the reveal, Director of
Technical Marketing Robert Hallock confirmed
that the option to adjust voltage or frequency
for the 5800X3D in a motherboard’s UEFI
interface would be locked out. He also
explained that the feature was removedbecause of the chip’s 3D V-Cache, which
requires a hard-coded voltage limit.
So unfortunately, you get what you get
with the 5800X3D. You can’t coax out extra
freebie performance and smooth out that
difference between it and the standard
5800X in non-gaming applications.IT COSTS MORE THAN A
RYZEN 9 5900X
Yes, you read that right. At $450, the AMD
Ryzen 7 5800X3D is currently more expensive
than a Ryzen 9 5900X.
While that amount is the same as the
standard 5800X’s 2020 launch price, the
street prices for the 12-core, 24-thread 5900X
have dropped well below its MSRP of $550.
As of late, the 5900X has been sitting at just
under $400. In fact, at the time of this article’s
publish, Amazon is offering it for $394—and
even briefly marked it down to $383 the
week prior to compete with Antonline’s eBay
store price of $382 (fave.co/3wc1eyl).
The 5800X3D is also over $100 more thanThe 5800X3D has slower performance in tasks like encoding compared to the standard 5800X.