The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D’s launch at the end of February made one thing abundantly clear: The first of Team Red’s 7000-series 3D V-Cache processors were gaming monsters. Their extra additional layer of spicy L3 cache supercharged their performance.
But the chip everyone was waiting on—the Ryzen 7 7800X3D—was still a question mark. Held until its April 6 launch, the $450 CPU is the “affordable” option compared to the $699 7950X3D and $599 Ryzen 9 7900X3D, and one that many gamers were eyeing with ready anticipation. We knew the 7800X3D’s technical details (which you can dig into via our YouTube coverage, but how it would slot on to the leaderboards was a mystery.
Now with this chip on shelves, we finally know: Like its siblings, this processor is a beast. In fact it’s the best
