Gaming Performance: 4K
All of our game testing results, including other resolutions, can be found in our benchmark database: www.anandtech.com/bench. All gaming tests were with an RTX 2080 Ti.
For our gaming tests in this review, we re-benched the Ryzen 7 5800X processor to compare it directly against the newer Ryzen 7 5800X3D on Windows 11. All previous Ryzen 5000 processor were tested on Windows 10, while all of our Intel Alder Lake (12th Gen Core Series) testing was done on Windows 11.
We are using DDR4 memory at the following settings:
Civilization VI
Final Fantasy 14
Final Fantasy 15
World of Tanks
Borderlands 3
Far Cry 5
Gears Tactics
Grand Theft Auto V
Strange Brigade (DirectX 12)
Strange Brigade (Vulkan)
Typically when gaming at 4K resolutions, most games at these settings are GPU dependent with the CPU not usually having as much influence as a graphics card. In some of the games such as Final Fantasy 14, Grand Theft Auto V, and Strange Brigade, the additional L3 cache on the Ryzen 7 5800X3D did make a noticeable difference to performance.
In Strange Brigade, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D was top when testing with the Vulkan API, but in Direct X 12, the results were reversed, with the V-Cache making no difference in this scenario. Even in Far Cry 5 at 4K resolutions, the Intel 12th Gen Core did markedly better, which wasn't the case in our 720p and 1080p testing.
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