AMD Ryzen performance gains over two years
The gist
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D (2024) is 47% faster single-core than the 2022 5800X3D on Geekbench 6.
The gain came from architecture, not clock speed, reshaping what buyers get per generation.
How it unfolded
- 2022AMD releases the Ryzen 7 5800X3D (Zen 3): Geekbench 6 single-core 2,016, multi-core 11,832, base 3.4 GHz, max boost 4.5 GHz.
- 2023AMD releases the Ryzen 7 7800X3D (Zen 4): Geekbench 6 single-core 2,426, multi-core 15,508, base 4.2 GHz, max boost 5.0 GHz.
- 2024AMD releases the Ryzen 7 9800X3D (Zen 5): Geekbench 6 single-core 2,969, multi-core 18,751, base 4.7 GHz, max boost 5.2 GHz.