Because the official launch of AMD’s Ryzen 7000X3D household of CPUs looms, the brand new Ryzen 9 7950X3D flagship processor’s efficiency has been revealed in numerous well-liked benchmarks. On Friday, the brand new chip appeared within the Blender (by way of HXL) and Geekbench 5 (by way of @Benchleaks) benchmark suites. Nonetheless, we can’t say that we’re impressed with the efficiency of the brand new 3D V-Cache-enabled CPU in comparison with its counterpart with out the additional L3 in these exams.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Value (MSRP / Retail) | Cores / Threads | Base / Increase 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 instrument for creating animations and visible results. Like different rendering and video modifying applications, it takes benefit of multi-thread efficiency and single-thread efficiency in addition to application-specific optimizations.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Ryzen 9 7950X3D | Ryzen 9 7950X | Core i9-13900K | Apple M2 Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic specs | 16C/32T, 4.20 GHz – 5.70 GHz, 144MB L2+L3 | 16C/32T, 4.20 GHz – 5.70 GHz, 80MB L2+L3 | 8P+16E/32T, 3.0 GHz – 5.80 GHz, 68MB L2+L3 cache | 8P + 4E, as much as 3.67 GHz |
| Blender | 558.59 | 590.28 | 557.17 | 254.06 |
The 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 144MB of L2+L3 cache seems to be 5.4% slower than the 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X with 80MB of L2+L3 cache within the Blender benchmark. In the meantime, the mannequin 7950X3D is a tad quicker than Intel’s Core i9-13900K (8P+16E, 32-threads) and considerably quicker than Apple’s 12-core M2 Max.
The upcoming Ryzen 9 7950X3D options 16 high-performance cores supporting simultaneous multi-threading (i.e., processing 32 threads concurrently) working at as much as 5.70 GHz. So, it’s not shocking that it beats Apple’s 12-core M2 Max (3.67 GHz) and is a bit quicker than Intel’s flagship CPU, which may course of as much as 32 threads concurrently. It must be famous that the Core i9-13900K can’t clock its energy-efficient cores larger than 4.30 GHz.
In the meantime, the Ryzen 7950X3D’s core chiplet die (CCD) with the extra 64MB of 3D V-Cache apparently options decrease clocks than Ryzen 9 7950X, which diminishes some great benefits of a bigger cache for single-threaded efficiency.
Geekbench 5
Geekbench 5 is an artificial benchmark that measures single-thread and multi-thread efficiency in several workloads. This program is just not thought-about probably the most optimum benchmark for CPUs and GPUs for a lot of causes, nevertheless it nonetheless provides an concept in regards to the efficiency of various {hardware} in related workloads.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Ryzen 9 7950X3D | Ryzen 9 7950X | Core i9-13900K | Apple M2 Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic specs | 16C/32T, 4.20 GHz – 5.70 GHz, 144MB L2+L3 | 16C/32T, 4.20 GHz – 5.70 GHz, 80MB L2+L3 | 8P+16E/32T, 3.0 GHz – 5.80 GHz, 68MB L2+L3 cache | 8P + 4E, as much as 3.67 GHz |
| Single-Core | Integer | 1783 | 1838 | 2016 | 1882 |
| Single-Core | Float | 2265 | 2302 | 2464 | 2216 |
| Single-Core | Crypto | 6375 | 7219 | 5860 | 3283 |
| Single-Core | Rating | 2157 | 2246 | 2343 | 2052 |
| Row 5 – Cell 0 | Row 5 – Cell 1 | Row 5 – Cell 2 | Row 5 – Cell 3 | Row 5 – Cell 4 |
| Multi-Core | Integer | 21473 | 25087 | 28379 | 13353 |
| Multi-Core | Float | 24372 | 27790 | 31320 | 16819 |
| Multi-Core | Crypto | 11445 | 12632 | 22280 | 25911 |
| Multi-Core | Rating | 21841 | 25275 | 28956 | 15021 |
| Hyperlink | 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 seems to be a tad slower than the Ryzen 9 7950X with out additional cache in single-thread and multi-thread workloads.
Concerning frequencies, the examined AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D pattern on the Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Hero labored at round 5480 MHz more often than not with a balanced energy plan. In the meantime, an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X on the identical motherboard labored at a bit larger frequencies with the identical balanced energy plan, which is maybe why the CPU with out 3D V-Cache is quicker in Geekbench 5.
Some Ideas
In fact, we can’t draw correct conclusions primarily based on take a look at outcomes from one or two pre-production programs. However we will nonetheless share some ideas in regards to the outcomes at hand.
The primary benefit of AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU over its Ryzen 9 7950X counterpart is a massively bigger L3 cache. In the meantime, the previous processor boasts larger base frequency and better increase clocks throughout all cores; at the very least, it appears so primarily based on outcomes obtained in Blender and Geekbench 5. In lots of applications, clocks matter greater than cache sizes, which is why the mannequin 7950X3D is behind the mannequin 7950X within the stated benchmarks.
It’s cheap to imagine that in functions that rely totally on single-thread efficiency and reminiscence bandwidth, the Zen 4-based processors with 3D V-Cache will reveal vital benefits over their counterparts with out the additional L3 cache.
Conserving in thoughts that AMD’s Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs are a few weeks away, it is sensible to attend for complete evaluations and discover out all the small print in regards to the benefits and downsides of the brand new processors in comparison with common Ryzen 7000-series models.