AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Ryzen 7 9800X3D sales 7 November 2024 at a recommended price of $479. Based on a Granite Ridge architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 4 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM5 processor with a TDP of 120 Watt. It supports DDR5 memory.

Primary details

Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Granite Ridge (2024)
Release date	7 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP)	$479	of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16
Base clock speed	4.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	5.2 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	of 384 (Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	of 84 MB (EPYC 9634)
L3 cache	96 MB (shared)	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	4 nm	of 0.18 µm (K6-2E+/350AUZ)
Die size	70.6 mm2
Number of transistors	8,315 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 9800X3D compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 9800X3D. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
AVX	+
Precision Boost 2	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 9800X3D's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	5.0
PCI Express lanes	24	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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