What performance uplift might I anticipate going from a 5950X to a 9800X3D?
Posted by wyattzx_@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 5 comments
Hey y'all!
Sometime later this week, I'll likely be moving from a 5950X on an X570 board, and onto a 9800X3D on a B850 board. This is motivated in part due to the chipset fan on my board dying and harassing me about it, as well as feeling less of a need for 16 cores in present day.
Originally, I purchased the 5950X as a complementary upgrade alongside my RTX 3090, as the machine was primarily for video production. However, I moved from Premiere Pro and into DaVinci Resolve, and now my RTX 3090 handles a majority of the load, freeing me up to perhaps look elsewhere for performance games, such as in gaming.
Of course performance varies wildly across the board, and I can't imagine anyone here can quantify the exact expected performance uplift, but I'd love to hear perspective from anyone with similar experiences or knowledge!
If you need insight into the types of games I play, much of it consists of FFXIV, but I've been churning through my backlog as of late, with titles like Elden Ring, Death Stranding, and the occasional revisit to Cyberpunk 2077. Other games wait in the wings (like the new expansion for Lies of P) but these would make up the gist of my recent playtime!
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and if you have any other suggestions or advice as I move from AM4 into AM5, feel free to share!
OwlOnly8099@reddit
I know this is old but did you ever upgrade and was it worth it?
Jonny_Clams@reddit
It should be pretty good with the 1% lows and maximum frames at low resolutions. Personally I find that frame capping just below your average FPS provides the smoothest experience.
maharajuu@reddit
CPU upgrade will give you wildly different gains in different games and different scenarios. In some games, if you are CPU bottlenecked you can get like a 40% uplift by going to 9800x3d. In other scenarios, you won't have a CPU bottleneck at all and the upgrade will give you 0 more fps. The best way you can tell if there's a CPU bottleneck is to enable the MSI afterburner overlay and check GPU utilisation - if it's sitting at +98% you won't really see much benefit in upgrading the CPU.
Alternative-Art8792@reddit
You will probably notice a slight framerate increase but the 1% lows are really where I noticed the difference. That means less stuttering and now games run super smooth, at least in my scenario. I'm still getting close to the same framerates but it's much more enjoyable. Truthfully I didn't realize what I was missing until I upgraded. Not to mention DDR5 RAM helping out too.
AskingForAPallet@reddit
You can check relative performance here
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d/27.html
About 10-20% improvement on average. The gap gets smaller the higher your resolution
Keep in mind that this is with a 4090