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The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Review: 96 MB of L3 3D V-Cache Designed For Gamers

 by Gavin Bonshor on June 30, 2022 8:00 AM EST
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Gaming Performance: 1080p

All of our game testing results, including other resolutions, can be found in our benchmark database: www.anandtech.com/bench. All gaming tests were with an RTX 2080 Ti.

For our gaming tests in this review, we re-benched the Ryzen 7 5800X processor to compare it directly against the newer Ryzen 7 5800X3D on Windows 11. All previous Ryzen 5000 processor were tested on Windows 10, while all of our Intel Alder Lake (12th Gen Core Series) testing was done on Windows 11.

We are using DDR4 memory at the following settings:

  • DDR4-3200

Civilization VI

(b-7) Civilization VI - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(b-8) Civilization VI - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Final Fantasy 14

(d-4) Final Fantasy 14 - 1080p Max - Average FPS

Final Fantasy 15

(e-3) Final Fantasy 15 - 1080p Standard - Average FPS

(e-4) Final Fantasy 15 - 1080p Standard - 95th Percentile

World of Tanks

(f-3) World of Tanks - 1080p Standard - Average FPS

(f-4) World of Tanks - 1080p Standard - 95th Percentile

Borderlands 3

(g-7) Borderlands 3 - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(g-8) Borderlands 3 - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Far Cry 5

(i-7) Far Cry 5 - 1080p Ultra - Average FPS

(i-8) Far Cry 5 - 1080p Ultra - 95th Percentile

Gears Tactics

(j-7) Gears Tactics - 1080p Ultra - Average FPS

(j-8) Gears Tactics - 1080p Ultra - 95th Percentile

Grand Theft Auto V

(k-7) Grand Theft Auto V - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(k-8) Grand Theft Auto V - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Red Dead Redemption 2

(l-7) Red Dead 2 - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(l-8) Red Dead 2 - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Strange Brigade (DirectX 12)

(m-7) Strange Brigade DX12 - 1080p Ultra - Average FPS

(m-8) Strange Brigade DX12 - 1080p Ultra - 95th Percentile

Strange Brigade (Vulcan)

(n-7) Strange Brigade Vulkan - 1080p Ultra - Average FPS

(n-8) Strange Brigade Vulkan - 1080p Ultra - 95th Percentile

Focusing on our test suite at 1080p resolutions, again the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D performs well compared with other Ryzen 5000 processors and Intel's Alder Lake processors.  In certain situations, Intel's 12th Gen Core with its higher IPC performance and faster core frequencies performs better, but only in certain titles where extra L3 cache doesn't have an effect on performance.

In titles that favor V-Cache, the performance differences are pretty conclusive and where extra L3 cache can be utilized, the 5800X3D and its 96 MB of 3D V-Cache sit comfortably above the competition.

Gaming Performance: 720p and Lower Gaming Performance: 4K
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  • Stuka87 - Thursday, June 30, 2022 - link

    Its not you, there is two full sets of them.

  • Gavin Bonshor - Thursday, June 30, 2022 - link

    Thank you, fixed 😊

  • RBeen - Thursday, June 30, 2022 - link

    Also does wonders for Planetside 2. I'm getting almost double the FPS from a 3600X

  • brucethemoose - Friday, July 1, 2022 - link

    Ah, the other game I wanted to see!

    Unsurprising, and it definitely needs all the CPU it can get.

  • bunkle - Saturday, July 2, 2022 - link

    Nailed it. That's the biggest problem with all the games tested these days, they are single player games where CPU performance matters very little IMO.

    Games that are heavily CPU bottlenecked tend to be online FPS games with large player counts (~100) and lots entities to simulate such as Plantside 2 you mentioned and many Unreal Engine 4 titles: Hell Let Loose, Squad, Post Scriptum, Beyond the Wire, Holdfast Nations at War, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, Squad, PUBG etc. to name but a few.

    The problem is that it's very hard to reliably benchmark these games where it matters: in online gameplay without developer support. It's also where gaming has stagnated for the last 10-15 years. We have these amazing openworld maps that are completely barren with nothing happening in them and stuck with a limited number of players.

    I realise that this isn't directly related to CPU performance and is also a software engineering challenge simulating world across multiple cores etc. but being able to showcase new CPUs and associated performance in these titles would probably help a lot with CPU marketing and would probably drive further innovation. Just look at UE5, theirs no mention of it's online capability or what new gameplay it enables, just more eye candy.

  • MadAd - Sunday, July 3, 2022 - link

    Agreed, in an shooter like Planetside 2 the closer things like resist tables and default texture maps can be to the CPU the more fps can be gained on the graphic side. Having easily 200-300 players in a single fight over a base along with tanks, quads, troop transports and aircraft flying around you need the best single core processor you can get, which is why I switched to AMD with the 5 series and having more 3D cache just sweetens that pot.

  • Slash3 - Thursday, June 30, 2022 - link

    On page 5, it states memory used is DDR4-3200 CL40. I assume that's a typo, and that the usual JEDEC 3200 CL22 kit was used?

  • Slash3 - Thursday, June 30, 2022 - link

    Also, "insert analysis" at the bottom of page 7, and "DDR4-43200" at the top of page 8. ;)

    Glad to see the review up!

  • Gavin Bonshor - Thursday, June 30, 2022 - link

    You are correct, was just a typo

  • DevBuildPlay - Thursday, June 30, 2022 - link

    Great article! I would love to see a similar article on the 3D cache differences on Epic under DB and other server workloads.
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