8700K to 9800x3D - the results are surprising :)

[Gray2233]

You can clearly see the benefit in FS2020 but that's against an 8 year old processor. Would it really be much faster in that situation up against something like a Ryzen 9600X that costs less than half the price? I can't help but suspect that at 4K any recent Ryzen5/i5 class processor would provide very similar performance?

It's still a worthwhile upgrade for the OP but I'm somewhat skeptical of the need to spend big money on high end processors like the 9800x3d if you're primarily gaming at 4K/1440p. Seems to me like any mid-range processor would be on a par.

It's dependant and again going to be situational.

A lot of people recommend saving money on the 9X00 AM5 chips over the 7X00, which is fair when you average things out as there's only around a 3-5% uplift. However, certain games really shine with them and oddly enough it's often sims such as Assetto Corsa where the likes of a 9600 sees a 20-30% uplift over a 7600.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Review

In a nutshell, what makes the Ryzen 5 9600X a bad product is the fact that it's often slower than its predecessor and yet somehow costs 40%...

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You can't make black and white statements unless you know the conditions for the person using the chip, and that includes their gaming preferences.

Yes, that's at 1080P but there absolutely are benefits to be had in areas many don't expect across a broad range of resolutions. As per my above post, if you're a general gamer that hits up random Unreal 5 games spending bank on an X3D CPU probably isn't worth it given the abysmal current prices on them. If you specifically play certain genres, or even one or two games, it very well might be even at higher resolutions like 4K. People need to stop making blanket statement suggestions on PC hardware as they're often horrendously inaccurate for the end user.

 

[silvagti]

True, I probably shouldn’t jump to conclusions. The problem is you look at the benchmarks and the performance gains of the x3d chips just aren’t really visible in so many situations which make it hard to place a value on what they offer.