One of the vital interesting CPUs of final yr for players was AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D because of its novel 3D V-cache expertise. At CES 2023, AMD’s again with an much more bodacious Zen 4-based follow-up: the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Gordon obtained the prospect to speak with AMD’s director of Product Administration Scott Stankard to get the small print about this new pixel-pushing flagship chip.
The truth is, the 7950X3D is only one of three new chips introduced with 3D V-cache and essentially the most highly effective with 16 cores. AMD additionally introduced 12 and eight core variations for extra funds builds: the Ryzen 9 7900X3D and Ryzen 7 7800X3D, respectively.
Even the least highly effective of those chips is displaying a 20-30% enchancment over the 5800X3D when it comes to uncooked framerates, which is fairly freakin’ nice for a single-gen bump. The highest-of-the-line 7950X3D is displaying a substantial margin of improved efficiency versus Intel’s present i9 flagship, in each video games and particular productiveness duties, at the very least in response to AMD’s press information.
12 and 16 core chips aren’t going to offer completely unbelievable boosts in gaming particularly, however they’re there for these customers who need an the whole lot machine that may deal with top-tier multitasking on the identical time. The additional L3 cache that makes these chips “3D” is positioned on one of many two core chiplet dies, permitting half the cores to give attention to gaming efficiency whereas the opposite half of the processor handles background duties and “bursts” of high-clock functions.
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