Our Ryzen 7 3800XT review takes a look at this 8-core/16-thread processor being launched today at $399—the launch price of the 3800X. The Core i7-10700K has largely eroded the performance leadership of the 3800X, forcing AMD to sell it at prices under $340. The 3800XT is then an attempt by AMD to sell an 8-core part at $399 again. 

The AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT is only a slight improvement over the existing Ryzen 7 3800X. However, because it slots in at the same price point, folks that haven't upgraded to a 3rd-generation Ryzen chip... 

In this review, we'll benchmark that Ryzen 7 3800X, it's based on a new SKU series that AMD has unleashed, XT processors, aimed to bring a bit more bite in single-threaded and medium threaded... 

2020-07-07 ·  The middle child in AMD's new-for-2020 trio of Ryzen XT processors, the Ryzen 7 3800XT ($399) is a desktop CPU plagued by the same problem as its 2019 Ryzen 7 3800X predecessor. And that problem... 

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT review The Ryzen 7 3800XT gets a 200MHz uptick on its boost clock over the 3800X, but loses the cooler in the process. That's not a reasonable exchange in our book. By Alan... 

2019-07-15 ·  Out of the box, the Ryzen 7 3800X offers a better mixture of single- and multi-threaded performance than Intel's competing chips, and support for the PCIe 4.0 interface unlocks the potential of... 

2020-07-08 ·  The official Digital Foundry review of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT and Ryzen 7 3800XT, hosted by Eurogamer, including synthetic and gaming performance tests. 

2020-07-07 ·  CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT; CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT; Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-4 (buy from Amazon) Cooler: Alphacool Eisbaer LT 360mm (buy from Amazon) Memory: Corsair Dominator RGB 3600MHz ... 

2019-09-03 ·  Due to the way the AMD Ryzen 3000-series product stack works it also promises more out of the box / stock performance and more performance boosting headroom than the similar core/thread count Ryzen 7 3700X model.. thanks to a higher TDP of 105watts instead of 65Watts. This ability to push things harder and faster is because it goes through more factory testing and only the cream of the crop ... 

AMD's Ryzen 7 3800XT is a good CPU coming out at a weird time. It doesn't offer too much when compared to last year's Zen 2 offerings, and with Ryzen 4000 right around the corner, there's only a small subset of buyers we'd recommend this to. If you aren't willing to wait and want to upgrade from an older Zen 1/Zen+ CPU, then go for it. Just remember to also invest in a good cooler. 

2019-09-23 ·  The AMD Ryzen 7 3800X is an exceptional 8-core processor that delivers great performance at a reasonable price. No matter what kind of workload you intend to throw at it, the 3800X is ready for ... 

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