Ryzen 5 7600X3D Delivers Impressive Gaming Performance, Surpassing 9700X

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3D V-Cache Chips Continue To Impress!

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  • The Ryzen 5 7600X3D outperforms the Ryzen 7 9700X and 9 7900X3D in gaming but is about 9% slower than the 7 7800X3D.
  • It is currently only available at specific retailers like Microcenter and Mindfactory.
  • At $300, it may not offer the best value compared to the Core i5 14600K and 13600K, which offer better performance and productivity.

With the Ryzen 5 7600X3D being listed on German retailer Mindfactory.de, European hardware reviewers have started testing the new Zen 4 3D V-Cache variant. One of the first of these reviewers is PCGH, and their findings regarding raw gaming performance are quite excellent.

Why it matters: Ryzen 5 7600X3D shows yet again why the 3D V-Cache chips are so great since the CPU can outpace the new Ryzen 9000 series in gaming.

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When it comes to gaming, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D performs really well. In fact, it outperforms the 8-core Ryzen 7 9700X in benchmarks, scoring 6% better than the average across all of the titles in PCGH’s test suite.

Additionally, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D performs roughly 9% slower than the current top processor, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It also outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 7900X3D by 4% and the last-generation 5800X3D CPU by 7%.

The only major drawback to this beast at this point is availability. The new 3D V-Cache processor from AMD is currently only exclusive to Microcenter and Mindfactory.

However, considering the price-to-performance ratio, the 7600X3D’s $300 price tag isn’t the best, given that CPUs like the Core i5 14600K and 13600K offer higher gaming performance and are noticeably more productive.

The success of AMD’s new addition to the Zen 4 lineup will rely on how widely AMD launches the 7600X3D and how much it ends up retailing for in the market. That being said, it delivers the best FPS per watt, consuming only 48 to 55 watts when gaming or other workloads.

However, being a last-generation chip, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D makes the current Ryzen 5 9600X look like a bad investment. The Ryzen 7600X3D, on average, was able to beat its Zen 5 rival by up to 14% while only costing $20 more. 

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