GeekBench 5 shows the same pattern as the other productivity benchmarks, with the Ryzen 7 7700X being the better CPU. Handbrake 1.4.2 Benchmarks Handbrake Conversion Test On to the main topic, how do these two CPUs with comparable (launch) prices and somewhat comparable specifications differ in performance? We take a look at their gaming and productivity performance across a variety of games and software. Let’s take a look at our test benches: Ryzen 7 5800X3D To maximize performance with professional tools, you'll want to use a CPU with a high boost frequency and many CPU cores. Good heat dissipation is needed to maintain boost frequencies for extended periods. We took these factors into account while assessing the expected CPU performance for professional tools. The only caveat is that B660 boards typically aren't great and they certainly aren't comparable to B650 when it comes to build quality and features. So we believe 7600X + B650 is a far better choice than the 13600K on B660.

The Adobe Photoshop 2022 benchmark relies heavily on single core performance and here we see a 6% reduction in performance for the 5800X3D when compared to the 5800X. That fat L3 cache clearly isn't helping for these productivity benchmarks. The 13600K was only tested using a single DDR5 configuration as the focus is on that sweet-spot CL16 memory, which was just 2% slower than the ultra expensive CL14 memory. That said, the 6400 memory was 22% faster and that's a massive difference, especially for memory. It's also interesting to note that the 12600K saw just a 16% increase from CL16 3600 to 6400, so the faster 13th gen CPU is doing a better job of justifying DDR5 in this example.

This was easy on the MSI and Gigabyte boards, where I simply started with the latest BIOS supporting the 1.2.0.7 microcode, but for Asus several previous BIOS revisions needed to be installed first before the board would accept the latest microcode, so it was more of an incremental update process. MSI B350 Tomahawk [B350] The above charts comprise the geometric mean of our standard gaming test suite, but we include the individual results in the charts below. Given that the 5800X3D's extra cache doesn't benefit all games and that our existing test suite also appears to heavily favor the improvements from 3D V-Cache, we also included a table with results from an additional five games below. Those extra titles aren't factored into the cumulative measurements above, but they show the same general trends. Then in Far Cry 6, the 12900K was 9% slower which isn't great given total system power usage was 20% higher. The Hitman 3 data is interesting because both CPUs delivered the same level of performance, but the 12900K pushed total system power usage 9% higher. While not always the fastest gaming CPU, the 5800X3D is the more efficient part. 8 Game Average Performance This is what we've been working towards, the cost per frame graphs. For this we're evaluating the entire platform cost, so CPU, motherboard and memory. The total figure is shown to the left of the graph, and the figure before it are the memory and motherboard prices. The 7600X delivered the best performance in Rainbow Six Extraction at 1080p, improving 1% lows over the 13600K by as much as 21%. That said, those playing at 1440p will see no difference in performance between these three CPUs and the same is also true at 4K, though oddly the 7600X did drop a few frames here, but we're talking no more than a 2% margin.

Moving on to Hitman 3, this is another game that doesn't needs hundreds of frames per second, but if you're wanting to get as many fps as possible you'll appreciate the 5800X3D as it was 41% faster than the 3600, seen when comparing the average frame rate. Hitman 3 saw a 24% performance improvement from the 5800X to the 5800X3D when comparing the average frame rate and a 40% increase for the 1% lows. We like to include Factorio in the application benchmarks as we're not measuring fps, but updates per second. This automated benchmark calculates the time it takes to run 1,000 updates. This is a single-thread test which apparently relies heavily on cache performance. We've already looked at the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in detail, from our day-one review to numerous comparisons with other high-end AMD and Intel processors, but still missing from all of that has been older Ryzen 5 parts, parts that many of you are still using.

Finally, here's a look at the 12 game average across the three resolutions tested and as you can see overall performance ends up much the same for the fastest memory configurations tested for each of these CPUs. Cost per Frame Analysis

Since then support was sketchy, with some B350 and X370 boards supporting Ryzen 5000 CPUs, but then performance wasn't always where it should be. After probing AMD for information about a month ago, they told us to sit tight and wait for AGESA version 1.2.0.7 which was expected to be rolled out across all AM4 motherboards, and crucially it would add proper Ryzen 5000 series support to B350 and X370 boards, including the 5800X3D. Here, AMD is using TSMC’s 5nm nodes as AMD continues its push on the roadmap to Zen 5, which will presumably be based on a 4nm process. With this, AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series also became the first lineup of desktop CPUs to use a 5nm node. Paired with this is the 6nm processing node for the I/O, which also contains the integrated GPU. Ryzen 7000’s boost in single-threaded performance over Ryzen 5000 (Courtesy: AMD)

WiFi 6E support basically extends support to the 6 GHz band, which provides a huge 1200 MHz spectrum that will greatly increase signal strength, but across a slightly shorter range. We’re also looking at speeds of 1 GB/s and more on WiFi 6E, so this is another massive upgrade in I/O. USB 3.2

The Gigabyte Gaming 5 did lag behind a little, this time trailing the Asus X370 boards by around 8%, so I'd say Gigabyte has a little optimization work to do here. But the 5800X3D worked without issue, so in the grand scheme of things that's an amazing result on a 5 year old motherboard.Bottom line, 300-series boards all look to have improved memory support with Ryzen 5000 CPUs, the ability to utilize SAM for a performance boost, and most importantly, mirror the performance of much newer X570 motherboards.