AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

The Ryzen 7 3800XT has received the biggest speed bump, by 200 MHz, up to 4.7 GHz maximum boost clock. This helps AMD's 8-core, 16-thread CPU deliver gaming FPS as good as the 3900XT at lower pricing. Our Ryzen 7 3800XT review also compares it against the Intel Comet Lake i9-10700K, which is similarly priced.

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Introduction and Technical Specifications

The best 8C16T chip from AMD. But is it good enough?

We grabbed a Ryzen 7 3800X off a retail shelf to give it a spin in our test lab.

It's undeniably a muscle chip, but on price, content-creation power, and gaming results, AMD's Ryzen 7 3800XT can't quite escape the shadow of the too-good, too-cheap Ryzen 7 3700X.

AMD's Ryzen 3rd Gen. CPUs are completely out in the wild but how does the top-end 8-core model compare to it's lower-powered brother? Let's have a look at the Ryzen 7 3800X and see what's what....

The AMD Ryzen 7 3800X is an exceptional 8-core processor that delivers great performance at a reasonable price.

We reviewed pretty much all Series 3000 processors from AMD, however one review had been missing, until today that is, join us un a review of the feisty and spicy Ryzen 7 3800X eight-core processor. ... Introduction

A couple of months ago saw the launch of the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen processors. We've already reviewed the Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 9 3900X here. We were beyond impressed with the progress AMD made this generation. Lower temperatures, lower power consumptions we're very welcome. However, it was the single and multi-core performance gains that won us over the most; and many of our readers too. While the differences from the Ryzen 7 3700X to the Ryzen 7 3800X we're reviewing today aren't vast, they are there. As you might expect, it costs a little bit more and promises