AMD explains why the Ryzen 7 5800X3D will be the only Zen3D CPU for desktop, “it is the ideal model for gamers”

When AMD unveiled its Zen3D architecture at Computex 2021, the company demonstrated its benefits by using a version of the Ryzen 9 5900X with 3D V-Cache, so it was surprising that when it came time to announce products based on this architecture during CES 2022, the only Advertised product was the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, without any Ryzen 9 unsurprisingly considering the original presentation.

In response to community inquiries, during a recent interview with HotHardware, AMD Head of Gaming Frank Azor explained why they decided to release a single Zen3D product for desktop, and why they chose to release it under the Ryzen 7 line rather than under the line. Ryzen 9:

There are not many games that get higher performance using a processor with more than 8 cores and the 5800 is really the ideal processor to play. When you move up in our catalog, you get more cores that allow you to do more with the processor, like encode, decode, you can stream, you can run a lot of things in the background but there are not many games that use eight or even four cores at the same time. time.

By putting this technology in a package like the 5800, it allows you to have more performance per core on those eight cores. Since we can focus the technology on those eight cores, we have a TDP limit to adjust to so this allows us to get the best performance from each of those cores and honestly there is also the price factor. V-Cache is expensive technology and it’s really amazing. It is a technology that today benefits games and players and so we wanted to put it in the best processor for gaming and that is the 5800. When it hits the market, it will be something your colleagues will be able to find in an accessible way, and they will get technology that will benefit them by performing the task for which it was exclusively designed, which is gaming.

The other thing you are probably wondering is why we do not put it in every model like this wonderful and innovative technology.Well, we are starting here We want to see how well it is adopted and if it is adopted and people love it and see the value in it, we will probably launch it in more models. But this new stuff is really tough to be honest, it’s really tough and this is really new and there’s a reason so many people are happy about it and it’s so disruptive in the industry.

In this way, AMD made the decision to choose the Ryzen 7 5800X as the first processor to receive 3D V-Caché technology since it is the one that has the best balance between performance, consumption and price. The extra cache consumption in a CPU with more cores and therefore more cache would have forced to further reduce the processor frequencies to keep the TDP within 105W, reducing the benefits of this technology, and also would have significantly increased its price without having so many increases in performance, so it would not be attractive.

It is still unknown exactly what the impact on the price of this technology is since AMD has not yet confirmed the suggested price of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, so we do not know how attractive this processor will be. It is also not known exactly when it will hit the market, so there are still many doubts about how good this processor with Zen3D architecture will really be. As there is news, we will communicate it to you, so stay tuned to HD Tecnología for the latest news.

What do you think about AMD’s decision to launch a single Zen3D-based model? Is the choice of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D correct?