As the official launch of AMD’s Ryzen 7000X3D family of CPUs approaches, the performance of the new Ryzen 9 7950X3D flagship processor has been revealed in various popular benchmarks. On Friday, a new chip appeared in his Blender (via HXL) and Geekbench 5 (via @benchleaks) benchmark suite. However, in these tests, we weren’t impressed with the performance of the new 3D V-Cache enabled CPUs compared to comparable CPUs without the addition of L3.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Price (Suggested Retail Price/Retail) | core/thread | Base/Boost Clock (GHz) | Cache (L2/L3) | TDP/max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | $699 / ? | 16/32 | 4.2/5.7 | 144MB (16+128) | 120W/162W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | $599 / $589 | 16/32 | 4.5/5.7 | 80MB (16+64) | 170W/230W |
blender
Blender is a tool for creating animations and visual effects. Like other rendering and video editing programs, it takes advantage of multi-threaded and single-threaded performance and application-specific optimizations.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Ryzen 9 7950X3D | Ryzen 9 7950X | Core i9-13900K | Apple M2 Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General specifications | 16C/32T, 4.20GHz to 5.70GHz, 144MB L2+L3 | 16C/32T, 4.20GHz to 5.70GHz, 80MB L2+L3 | 8P+16E/32T, 3.0 GHz to 5.80 GHz, 68MB L2+L3 cache | 8P + 4E, up to 3.67GHz |
| blender | 558.59 | 590.28 | 557.17 | 254.06 |
In Blender benchmarks, the 16 core Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 144MB of L2+L3 cache appears to be 5.4% slower than the 16 core Ryzen 9 7950X with 80MB of L2+L3 cache. The model 7950X3D, on the other hand, is slightly faster than Intel’s Core i9-13900K (8P+16E, 32 threads) and significantly faster than Apple’s 12-core M2 Max.
The upcoming Ryzen 9 7950X3D will feature 16 high-performance cores that support simultaneous multi-threading (i.e. 32 threads running simultaneously) running at up to 5.70 GHz. So it’s no surprise that it beats Apple’s 12-core M2 Max (3.67 GHz) and is a bit faster than Intel’s flagship CPU, which can handle up to 32 threads simultaneously. Note that the Core i9-13900K cannot clock energy efficient cores above 4.30 GHz.
Meanwhile, the Ryzen 7950X3D’s core chiplet die (CCD) has an additional 64MB of 3D V-Cache, apparently featuring lower clocks than the Ryzen 9 7950X, and a larger cache for single-threaded performance. Benefits are diminishing.
geek bench 5
Geekbench 5 is a synthetic benchmark that measures single-threaded and multi-threaded performance on various workloads. This program is not considered the best benchmark for CPUs and GPUs for many reasons, but it does give you an idea of how different hardware performs under similar workloads.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Ryzen 9 7950X3D | Ryzen 9 7950X | Core i9-13900K | Apple M2 Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General specifications | 16C/32T, 4.20GHz to 5.70GHz, 144MB L2+L3 | 16C/32T, 4.20GHz to 5.70GHz, 80MB L2+L3 | 8P+16E/32T, 3.0 GHz to 5.80 GHz, 68MB L2+L3 cache | 8P + 4E, up to 3.67GHz |
| Single Core | Integer | 1783 | 1838 | 2016 | 1882 |
| Single Core | Floating | 2265 | 2302 | 2464 | 2216 |
| Single Core | Crypto | 6375 | 7219 | 5860 | 3283 |
| Single Core | Score | 2157 | 2246 | 2343 | 2052 |
| row 5 – cell 0 | row 5 – cell 1 | Row 5 – Cell 2 | Row 5 – Cell 3 | row 5 – cell 4 |
| multicore | integer | 21473 | 25087 | 28379 | 13353 |
| Multicore | Floating | 24372 | 27790 | 31320 | 16819 |
| Multicore | Crypto | 11445 | 12632 | 22280 | 25911 |
| Multicore | Score | 21841 | 25275 | 28956 | 15021 |
| Link | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/20655028 | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/20574320 | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/20655426 | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/20650321 |
AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 3D V-Cache appears to be a bit slower than the Ryzen 9 7950X without the additional cache in single- and multi-threaded workloads.
In terms of frequencies, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D sample tested on the Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Hero ran at approx. 5480MHz Most of the time I use the balanced power plan.AMD Ryzen 9 7950X on the same motherboard on the other hand worked a bit higher frequency With the same balanced power plan, that’s probably why the CPU without 3D V-Cache is faster in Geekbench 5.
some thoughts
Of course, no exact conclusions can be drawn based on the test results of one or two pre-production systems. But I can share some thoughts on the results at hand.
The main advantage of AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPUs over their Ryzen 9 7950X counterparts is the significantly larger L3 cache. Previous processors, on the other hand, boast higher base frequencies and higher boost clocks across the board. all Core; at least it seems so based on results obtained with Blender and Geekbench 5. For many programs clock is more important than cache size. As such, the Model 7950X3D lags behind the Model 7950X in the above benchmarks.
For applications that rely primarily on single-threaded performance, and Zen 4 based processors with 3D V-Cache show a significant advantage over comparable processors without the additional L3 cache.
With AMD’s Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs launching in the next few weeks, it makes sense to wait for a comprehensive review and find out all the details about the new processor’s pros and cons compared to the regular Ryzen 7000 series units. It is suitable.
