Ryzen 7 9800X3D overclocked to 6.9 GHz and achieved more than 1000 FPS in Counter-Strike 2 and Valorant

The head of the Chinese department of Asus, Tony Yu, published a video on the Bilibili social network with tests of the new gaming processor Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The chip was overclocked under liquid nitrogen to a frequency of 6.9 GHz, thanks to which the system provided more than 1000 frames per second in various competitive games.

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The new Ryzen 7 9800X3D provides an incredible level of gaming performance even without overclocking, surpassing all its predecessors, as well as current competitors, as evidenced by the first reviews of the chip. However, under extreme overclocking, the processor demonstrates real miracles.

During the experiment, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D was overclocked to frequencies of 6.7–6.9 GHz. The Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Gene motherboard was also used for this purpose. In the Cinebench R23 multi-threaded performance test after extreme overclocking, the chip scored 30,513 points (at around 6.75 GHz), surpassing its score in the same test using AMD’s automatic PBO overclocking feature by more than 30%. Let us remind you that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D became the first processor from the X3D series to officially support overclocking. The test system also used the flagship Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card and 32 GB of DDR4-6000 (CL30) RAM. Despite the extreme overclocking, the peak power consumption of the processor in the load test was about 200 W. This is 80 W higher than the rated TDP and well below the peak values ​​​​of the latest generations of Intel processors. In games, the overclocked Ryzen 7 9800X3D consumed much less.

In Counter-Strike 2, the overclocked Ryzen 7 9800X3D delivered 1262.9 frames per second at 1080p resolution and maximum graphics quality settings. The overclocked Intel Core i9-14900K showed approximately the same amount. But to achieve more than 1300 frames per second, the Core i9-14900K had to be overclocked to 8 GHz. At the same time, the Intel chip consumed significantly more than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which was in the power consumption range of about 100 W.

In Valorant, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D delivered over 2,000 FPS in the character select menu and over 1,500 FPS in actual match play. The average FPS was about 1100. The same game settings were used here (1080p, maximum image quality). The most curious thing was that when overclocked to 6.9 GHz, the chip’s power consumption was about 100 W.

With most competitive games running at 1080p, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is capable of delivering incredible frame rates, making it ideal for systems with next-generation graphics cards and the most advanced gaming monitors with refresh rates of 600Hz and above. , which are already in development. According to Tony Yu, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D can easily deliver between 500 and 900 fps in competitive games without overclocking.