Yes, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the new CPU gaming champion -- but it's the productivity improvements that should be screamed about from rooftops.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs Jacob Roach / Digital Trends. Specs-wise, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D isn’t too different from the last-gen Ryzen 7 7800X3D. You’re still getting eight cores and 16 threads ...

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D is now the best gaming CPU. The successor to the 7800X3D is now more capable of non-gaming workloads, too. AMD delivers gaming and productivity boosts.

The 9800X3D scores 1,361, while the lower-clocked 7800X3D only produces a result of 1,059 - you get a 28.5% jump in performance by upgrading to the 9800X3D in this benchmark.

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Jacob Roach / Digital Trends AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9800X3D is already one of the best processors you can buy. It delivers productivity and gaming gains across the board, though not in equal strides ...

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and the Intel Core i7-14700K are competing mid-premium CPUs designed to target enthusiast gamers. The chips bundle enough horsepower to handle the highest-end GPUs out ...

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D boasts a max boost clock of 5.2GHz with 8 cores, 16 threads, and 104MB of L2-L3 cache Although perfectly capable of handling multitasking, rendering, ...

The Ryzen 9800X3D starts on a high note with 96 MB of AMD's second generation 3D V-Cache, which puts extra memory underneath the die to help it rip through frames by passing information to the GPU ...