Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Ryzen 7 5700X
Short answer: which is best?
Ryzen 7 9800X3D is 37.8 % stronger than Ryzen 7 5700X. Ryzen 7 9800X3D ranks #7 of 47 measured processors at WhatFPS (12,625 CPU score over 5 verified runs). Ryzen 7 5700X ranks #16 of 47 measured processors at WhatFPS (9,159 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 6 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Ryzen 7 5700X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU score (the processor's own performance) | 12,625 | 9,159 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 11,423 | 7,545 |
| Integer (MT) | 9.4 Gop/s | 6.7 Gop/s |
| Single-thread (1T) | 0.86 Gop/s | 0.58 Gop/s |
| Draw calls/s (DX11) | 7,575,742 | 10,816,544 |
| Cores / threads | 8 / 16 | 8 / 16 |
| L3 cache | 96 MB | 32 MB |
What the numbers mean
The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
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