AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Dave James contemplates what it is to be the fastest.
SPECS
Socket: AM4
Process: TSMC 7nm FinFET
Cores: 8
Threads: 16
Clock: 3.4GHz (4.5GHz boost)
Cache: 512KB L1, 4MB L2, 96MB L3
Unlocked: No
GPU: N/A
Memory: 128GB max, DDR4-3200, two-channels, ECC support
PCIe: v4.0 20 lanes
TDP: 105W
96MB of cache can store a lot of config files.
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is architecturally identical to the standard Ryzen 7 5800X, using the same Zen 3 processor design, and therefore the same chiplet setup that’s made AMD’s recent generations of CPU such world-beaters. That means you’re getting the same eight core, 16-thread layout in a single chiplet (so no potential inter-chiplet latency issues), but a slightly slower clock speed because of a necessarily lower voltage.