AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs. 3700X: What's the Difference? Buying advise in short: we highly recommend avoiding the 3800X and instead grab the 3700X. If you find it necessary, upgrade the box cooler with the money saved. The Ryzen 5 3600 remains king of value bar none, and the 3900X offers more cores for productivity, gaming may not benefit as we observed in our GPU scaling benchmark.
- As reviewed by TechSpot on Aug 2019
8
Cores
16
Threads
3.9 GHz
Base Clock
4.5 GHz
Boost Clock
Socket AM4
Socket
105 W
TDP
No iGPU
Graphics
$338
Price
Release date:Jul 7, 2019Price at Launch:$399
Cores:8Threads:16
Base Clock:3.9 GHzBoost Clock:4.5 GHz
Type:DesktopMultithreading:Yes
L2 Cache:4 MBL3 Cache:32 MB
Box Cooler:YesTDP:105 W
Socket:Socket AM4Memory Support:DDR4-3200
Codename:Matisse (Zen 2)Process Size:7 nm
Integrated Graphics:NoNPU:No
PCIe Support:PCIe 4.0, 20 Lanes
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All benchmark data reflects aggregated results from dozens of tests conducted in TechSpot’s labs and compiled from our full library of CPU reviews. Single-core productivity scores are based primarily on Cinebench and Adobe Photoshop workloads. Multi-core results draw from Cinebench, Blender, Corona Benchmark, 7-Zip, Adobe Premiere Pro, and shader compilation tests. CPU gaming benchmarks are all 1080p runs (explainer) as published on TechSpot.

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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X pricing

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Price Date
Current $338 Dec 15, 2025
Highest* $357 Nov 15, 2025
Lowest* $215 May 14, 2025
Average $295
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Reviews and Ratings

93

Average Score

Based on 9 reviews

9.6

User Score

Based on 8,450 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Solid blend of single- and multi-threaded performance
  • PCIe 4.0 support
  • Bundled cooler

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Requires expensive X570 motherboard for PCIe 4.0
  • Extremely limited manual and auto-overclocking headroom

AMD vs. Intel: The Evolution of CPU Gaming Performance:
As we wrap up this interesting look at the architectural performance differences for gaming between AMD and Intel over the past decade, this evolution clearly highlights why our reviews have been mostly positive towards AMD Ryzen processors from 2018 onwards, and why they were so pro-Intel prior to 2017.

By TechSpot on

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs. 3700X: What's the Difference? Buying advise in short: we highly recommend avoiding the 3800X and instead grab the 3700X. If you find it necessary, upgrade the box cooler with the money saved. The Ryzen 5 3600 remains king of value bar none, and the 3900X offers more cores for productivity, gaming may not benefit as we observed in our GPU scaling benchmark.

By TechSpot on
90

It’s not all just benchmarks today. AMD does have a trump card that Intel still lacks. I am, of course, talking about PCIe 4.0. For those wanting the bleeding edge of NVMe drives, AMD is where you’ll find it. The only real threat to the 3800X right now is the 3700X Both perform pretty close, but if you want to save a few quid, it’s a good option. Then again, if you want a little more performance, the 3800X is still a competitively priced solution.

By eTeknix on
93

If there is one main take-away from this review it would be that AMD has indeed created a mainstream processor line which no longer needs to rely upon more cores to compete with Intel. Instead AMD's Ryzen 7 3800X can easily go toe to toe with Intel and...

By realhardwarereviews.com on
90

So yes, the Ryzen 7 3800X is an excellent buy, but only because the Ryzen 7 3700X already is, and because of that we can't recommend it to anyone who was looking to invest in an eight core 3rd Gen Ryzen CPU. Get the 3700X and put the savings towards some faster memory or something. Only if the extra few seconds you save in video rendering absolutely matter to you is the Ryzen 7 3800X worth buying over its brother, but equally if that's the case then save for the outstanding Ryzen 9 3900X. The Ryzen 7 3800X is a great CPU, but not significantly different enough from the 3700X to justify the extra expense.

By OC3D on
100

So that's that, we have been able to take a good look at the Ryzen 7 3800X processor. There's one more left in September, the 16-core part. The 3800X is half that in the sense that it has 8-cores and 16-threads. The processor managed to seriously...

By Guru of 3D on
80

Out of the box, the Ryzen 7 3800X offers a better mixture of single- and multi-threaded performance than Intel's competing chips, and support for the PCIe 4.0 interface unlocks the potential of ultimate storage throughput. The impressive power...

By Tom's Hardware on

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By hardwarezone.com.sg on

It's not all just benchmarks today. AMD does have a trump card that Intel still lacks. I am, of course, talking about PCIe 4.0. For those wanting the bleeding edge of NVMe drives, AMD is where you'll find it. The only real threat to the 3800X right now...

By eTeknix on

We often speak about having a preconceived notion of what a product will do before you test it. No matter how impartial we are when we're writing the review wherein we rely almost solely upon the actual performance figures, nonetheless we will always...

By Overclock3D on

The Ryzen 7 3800X is a fine CPU in its own right. It is the finest implementation of AMD's 8C16T blueprint that has become popular with enthusiasts, gamers and content creators.Benchmarks show that while it still lags behind Intel's dearer Core...

By HEXUS.net on

If you read our review of the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, the results in this article will not surprise you in the slightest. The 3.9GHz base clock paired with a 4.5GHz boost have helped the 3800X edge out the 3700X in almost all of our tests (where it hasn't...

By vortez.net on
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