The performance differences in the tests weren’t world-shattering, but MSI OC Lab felt it necessary to state that it expected performance to be better on the final retail processors compared to the sample processors currently being tested.
AMD’s Zen 5 architecture, i.e. Ryzen 9000 series processors, have been a clear disappointment for many gamers in terms of performance improvements. Many have transferred their wishes to X3D models equipped with 3D cache in terms of upgrade intentions.
HardwareLuxx, together with selected other media, has been able to tour MSI’s production facilities in Shenzhen, China, and has taken not only countless photos, but also video footage. Although the purpose of the tour was undoubtedly the introduction of the factory itself and the production processes, it also included information about the future Ryzen 9000X3D processors.
The first taste of future processors offered by MSI was run by MSI OC Lab with sample circuits. The company felt it necessary to state right from the start that the performance of the actual press processors and the processors ending up in resale is expected to be better than the sample processors. The pictures have apparently already been removed from the HardwareLuxx article, but VideoCardz had managed to grab them.
In Cinebench R23 tests, the differences between the Ryzen 9 9950X and the 16-core Ryzen 9000X3D were within the margin of error, but the 9950X took the win in both single-core and all-core performance by a small margin. Ryzen 9 9700X, on the other hand, covered the 8-core 9000X3D with one core, but with all cores, the X3D version won by a margin of error of 6.5%. There was a clear difference in the clock frequencies, at least for the 8-core, because at the standardized clock frequency of 5.2 GHz, the Ryzen 9000 and 9000X3D processors were equally powerful.
Current Ryzen 7000X3D processors were also included in the comparison. The difference between the 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X3D and the 9000X3D in Cinebench was 9 for one core and 16% for all. On the side of the 8-core Ryzen 7 7800X3D and 9000X3D, the differences were significantly larger; with one core the difference increased to 18% and all to 28%.
However, Cinebench is the favorite game for quite a few people, so the most interesting thing was the slide comparing game performance with Far Cry 6, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Black Myth: Wukong. According to the slide, at 1080p with a GeForce RTX 4090, the 8-core Ryzen 9000X3D beat the Ryzen 7 7800X3D by 11% in Far Cry, 4% in Tomb Raider, and 2% in Black Myth. The 16-core 9000X3D, on the other hand, beat the Ryzen 7 7950X3D in Far Cry 6 by 13% and in Tomb Raider and Black Myth by 2%.
Sources: HardwareLuxx, VideoCards
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