AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Specifications, where the Ryzen 7 3800X sits for gaming, the graphics card worth pairing with it, and the frame rate the pair returns at every resolution.
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
The Ryzen 7 3800X and the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti return about 88 fps on High at 1440p with neither part wasting the other. A card slower than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti wastes the Ryzen 7 3800X, and a faster one runs straight into it.
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| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Released | 2019 |
| Cores and threads | 8 cores, 16 threads |
| Boost clock | 4.5 GHz |
| TDP | 105 W |
| Gaming performance index | 61.0 (Ryzen 7 9800X3D = 100) |
| Multithread index | 74.0 |
What these numbers mean for the Ryzen 7 3800X
On our index the Ryzen 7 3800X scores 61.0, which places it 63rd of the 83 processors we track and puts it faster than roughly 24% of them.
The nearest part above the Ryzen 7 3800X is the Ryzen 9 3900X at 62.0, just 1.6% faster, and a gap of 1.6% is not visible while you are playing, so choosing between them is a price question rather than a performance one.
Gaming and multithread performance are reasonably balanced on the Ryzen 7 3800X at 61.0 for games against 74.0 for throughput, which makes a Ryzen 7 3800X a straightforward choice for a machine that both plays and works and leaves no particular workload it is secretly bad at.
8 cores and 16 threads is the range almost every game engine is built around, which is why the Ryzen 7 3800X performs close to chips with far more of both: past about 8 cores the extra ones sit idle during gameplay, because the game thread and the render thread are largely serial and cannot be split further.
A 2019 part, so the platform around the Ryzen 7 3800X matters as much as the chip: expect PCIe 3.0, slower memory support and no upgrade path left on that socket after 7 years. Those cost a few percent on top of whatever its 61.0 index says.
Ryzen 7 3800X frame rate at each resolution
The Ryzen 7 3800X paired with the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti on the High preset with 16 GB of system memory. The processor is the limit at all three resolutions here, so the Ryzen 7 3800X only drops 51% from 104 fps to 51 fps across them and keeps capacity it is never asked for.
| Resolution | Estimated fps | Limited by |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p (1920 x 1080) | 104 fps | CPU |
| 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 88 fps | Balanced |
| 4K (3840 x 2160) | 51 fps | Balanced |
How the Ryzen 7 3800X compares
6 processors sit within 30% of the Ryzen 7 3800X on our gaming index, running from the Core i5-14400F at +30% to the Core i5-12400F at +25%, a window narrow enough that price, memory and power decide it rather than raw speed.
What to pair with the Ryzen 7 3800X, and when to upgrade
Best GPU for the Ryzen 7 3800X
When the Ryzen 7 3800X becomes the limit, the Ryzen 7 5800XT is the next step worth paying for: 75.0 on our index against 61.0, a jump of 23%, which is roughly where an upgrade stops being something you have to look at a counter to notice. See its specs.
Check the Ryzen 7 3800X against your own parts
Ryzen 7 3800X specifications on this page are from AMD, while its gaming index of 61.0 is modelled from published benchmark data for the Ryzen 7 3800X rather than measured on a test bench, and every frame rate above follows from that figure. How we calculate this