AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D review: faster than 13900K and 7950X3D for gaming?

As we mentioned earlier, we're using high-speed DDR5-6000 RAM with CL30 timings to back up each of our three CPUs. You'll see largely similar results with base-spec DDR5-4800 RAM, with games like Cyberpunk 2077, Far Cry 6 and Ashes of the Singularity showing the largest improvements from faster RAM.

Anyway - in these tests, we'll examine how the Ryzen 7 7800X3D behaves in Cyberpunk 2077, as well as two recent releases from series that have featured prominently in our previous CPU benchmarks: Far Cry 6, renowned for its single-core reliance, and Crysis 3 Remastered, a DF staple. We've opted for highly repeatable scenes here from a variety of sources here - an in-game cutscene, a brief open gameplay segment along a fixed route and an in-game benchmark.

Remember that you can mouse over the results in the tables below (as long as you're using a desktop browser rather than a phone) to get dynamically generated performance readouts for all processors we've tested. Meanwhile, clicking the graph swaps you into percentages, making it a bit easier to judge relative performance at a glance.

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 is our second RT benchmark, showing how RT performance can add even more load to the CPU and cause CPU bottlenecking in some scenarios. This benchmark, taken from a motorcycle run along the busy city streets, shows the 13900K and 7950X3D performing near-identically, with the 7800X3D bringing up the rear. Still, with only a seven percent advantage for the 7950X3D, you're getting the bulk of the performance from the 7800X3D for considerably less money.

Far Cry 6

The single-core reliance from Far Cries past returns in the sixth instalment of the franchise. Intriguingly, the 7800X3D is the overall victor here, with a five percent lead over the 7950X3D and 10 percent margin over the 7950X3D.

Crysis 3 Remastered

Crysis 3 Remastered allows us to revisit our favourite scene from early on in the original game's campaign, which oscillates between character closeups and complex distant geometry to load both CPU and GPU. Once again, we're starting to edge towards GPU limitations here even with DLSS performance engaged, with averages in the 300+ fps range. However, the 7800X3D again edges out a narrow lead at 1080p, just one percent ahead of the 7950X3D and five percent faster than the 13900K.

We're not going to look at RAM performance with the 7800X3D this time around - perhaps another time! - so let's press on to our thrilling conclusion.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D analysis

• Introduction, test rig and content creation benchmarks
• Gaming benchmarks: Flight Simulator 2020, Hitman 3, Ashes of the Singularity
• Gaming benchmarks: Counter-Strike: GO, Metro Exodus EE, Black Ops Cold War
• Gaming benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077, Far Cry 6, Crysis 3 Remastered [this page]
• AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D: the Digital Foundry verdict