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There is no big clock hit. The turbo clock is 4.4GHz vs 4.5GHz, that's nothing. In practice the difference is mostly 1 FPS. The base clock difference looks bigg
by onli 7y ago
There is no big clock hit. The turbo clock is 4.4GHz vs 4.5GHz, that's nothing. In practice the difference is mostly 1 FPS. The base clock difference looks bigger, 300 MHz, but Ryzen does not stay at the base clock like old Intel cpus did, it always turbos.
Now, if it's the same price there is no reason not to get the 3800X over the 3700X :)
- smallstepforman 7y agoThe 3700X is a 65W part, so its quieter for those who dont like listening to fans spin loudly.
- p1necone 7y agoPresumably it basically is the same CPU, potentially just better binned ones being flashed as 3800x?
- onli 7y agoExactly. https://www.techspot.com/review/1899-ryzen-3800x-vs-3700x-difference/ https://www.techspot.com/review/1899-ryzen-3800x-vs-3700x-di... explains more details: > The top 20% of all 3800X processors tested passed their 4.3 GHz AVX2 stress test, whereas the top 21% of all 3700X processors were only stable at 4.15 GHz. Also, all 3800X processors passed the test at 4.2 GHz, while 3700X processors were only good at 4.05 GHz, meaning the 3800X has about 150 MHz more headroom when it comes to overclocking. That's a minimal difference of course, but right at the clock wall of Ryzen, so AMD has to do binning here to enable the 3800X.
- DeathArrow 7y agoHigher base clock might mean you can overclock it higher. Of course, most people don't overclock their CPUs, even if they are unlocked.
- onli 7y agoI don't see why the base block would be the factor for that. The Ryzen cpus overclock on its own, it should be the turbo clock and PBO that shows how well they overclock. I just linked in another comment to an article that explains that while the 3800X does overclock better, it's a minimal difference, right in line with their turbo clock specs.