Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs 9800X3D tested in 1080p gaming

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D has just hit the market, and early benchmarks are already available. A new comparison from YouTube channel Testing Games puts the chip head-to-head against its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, focusing on pure gaming performance at 1080p.

To remove GPU bottlenecks, both CPUs were tested with an RTX 5090, making this a largely CPU-limited scenario.

1080p benchmark results (RTX 5090)

Across ten modern titles, the performance gap remained narrow:

• Cyberpunk 2077: 158 FPS (9800X3D) vs 167 FPS (9850X3D)
• CS2: 715 FPS vs 735 FPS
• Ghost of Tsushima: 268 FPS vs 276 FPS
• The Last of Us Part II: 211 FPS vs 220 FPS
• Hogwarts Legacy: 68 FPS vs 73 FPS
• Battlefield 6 RedSec: 279 FPS vs 282 FPS
• Silent Hill f: 194 FPS vs 199 FPS
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: 104 FPS vs 107 FPS
• Red Dead Redemption 2: 213 FPS vs 224 FPS
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II: 252 FPS vs 253 FPS

In most games, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D was ahead by less than 5%, and in some cases the difference was barely measurable.

Despite being AMD’s new flagship gaming CPU, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D offers only marginal gains over the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in real-world 1080p gaming. According to the tester, the newer chip also runs hotter and less efficiently, making its higher price difficult to justify for most gamers.

For users already on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, these results suggest there’s little reason to upgrade purely for gaming performance.

Source: Testing Games (YouTube)