9950x3d vs 9800x3d

[darket]

Aside from the slight bump in clock speeds is there any benifits of having the 9950x3d over the 9800x3d for gaming ? . Even if a game can use more than the 8 cores 16 threads of the 9800 isn't the core parking making the use case redundant? Or am I missing something blindingly obvious

 

[xaldub]

For 99% of games, no. The majority only utilise a handful of cores at most ; there are a few exceptions eg. Factorio, MSFS 2020/24.

 

[darket]

For 99% of games, no. The majority only utilise a handful of cores at most ; there are a few exceptions eg. Factorio, MSFS 2020/24.

I understand some games all but only a few will utilise more threads, but if when playing games 8 cores are parked that makes the 9950x3d basically a 9800 for the purpose of gaming?

 

[xaldub]

I understand some games all but only a few will utilise more threads, but if when playing games 8 cores are parked that makes the 9950x3d basically a 9800 for the purpose of gaming?

Yes, that's correct.

 

[darket]

Yes, that's correct.

Thanks, kinda makes the 9900x3d an extremely strange middle of the road option

 

[Minstadave]

Thanks, kinda makes the 9900x3d an extremely strange middle of the road option

Yes the 7900X3D and the 9900X3D never made sense. 2 less 3D cache cores than the cheaper 9800X3D, not much cheaper than the full fat 9950X3D.