AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs. Intel Core i9-9900K, Gaming Performance in 2023

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Video Index
00:00 - Welcome to Hardware Unboxed
00:34 - Why we are revisiting these CPUs in 2023
02:42 - Assassin’s Creed Mirage
03:01 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty
03:39 - Horizon Zero Dawn
03:56 - Far Cry 6
04:12 - F1 23
04:34 - Assetto Corsa Competizione
05:01 - Watch Dogs: Legion
05:22 - A Plague Tale: Requiem
05:41 - Star Wars Jedi Survivor
06:07 - Baldur’s Gate 3
06:20 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
06:37 - Resident Evil 4
06:53 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider
07:14 - The Callisto Protocol
07:32 - Total War: Warhammer III
07:49 - Hogwarts Legacy
08:04 - Starfield
08:14 - The Last of Us Part I
08:40 - Halo Infinite
09:00 - Hitman 3
09:13 - Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
09:40 - Performance Summary
09:50 - 1080p Average
10:10 - 1440p Average
10:25 - 2160p Average
10:45 - FInal Thoughts

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs. Intel Core i9-9900K, 2023 Revisit

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[Kreubs]

Switched out my 3700X for a 5800X3D a year ago. I honestly wasn't expecting such a massive difference. Regular applications felt so much more responsive, and in games, my old averages became my new lows. Definitely a no regrets upgrade.

[Ceekur]

Earlier this year I went from my 2700X to the 5800X3D, after doing a quick BIOS update and was good to go. Love the longevity the extra cache brings, improving performance in certain software / games. Best of all it keeps a perfectly good mobo in use, not collecting dust and contributing to e-waste.

[wilteduk]

I'm still rocking a 9900K and would have liked to have seen how these two compared to the latest cpus. It'll be a couple of years before I upgrade it's still a pretty beefy cpu.

[theatricshrink]

I did the 3700x to 5800x3d upgrade. Its so awesome considering i still have great gaming performance on a 4 year old platform.

[YTesting]

The upgrade path to a 5800x3D on AM4 is going down as the most legendary upgrade in recent history, the gains are unreal.

[kevinfisher]

I was a Developer and occasional gamer so was Mega impressed with the 3700X productivity over an older Intel quad core...
Went for a bargain 5900X a couple of months ago which has really helped with the gaming and the extra cores will do no harm in my day job.
So well happy for another few years.

[DinoTrollerino]

3 years ago I managed to find a new 9900 non k for cheap, so I sold my 8600k and upgraded for about 100€ which I think was a great deal as I was starting to have a lot of frame pacing issues with the i5. Even tough it's starting to show its age I'm happy that the 9900k it's still a fairly capable CPU.

[gullimont]

Uplift in performance across Ryzen gens always impressed me. I had the previous gen 2700x, and when I went to a 5800x the gains in FPS shocked me. I feel like AM4 is the 1080ti of CPU platforms, ridiculous lifespan. i don't expect to bother upgrading to AM5 for another 2 years, meaning ill have run over 7 years on a single socket.

[kilnerdyne]

Great video, thanks Steve & Baylin!

I'm still on a 3700X so this was super interesting for me.

My friend is on a 8700K and looking to upgrade soon, but there aren't many review sites or videos that look further back than the 10900K so its difficult to tell him the % increase to something like the 7800X3D or 14700K.

[SarcasticDragonGaming]

I switched my 3700x out for a 5800X3D last winter and the difference has blown me away.

[RussTeeRider]

I have a slight regret when I upgraded my R7 2700x to i7 10700 3 years ago. If only I would have upgraded to R7 3700x, I may have upgraded to R7 5800X3D easily. Will consider platform longevity next time around when I upgrade. Congrats on 1m Subs!

[EastyyBlogspot]

Yes Yes i love comparisons with older CPUs though would love to see comparisons with more modern cpus with older ones like the 9900k/ 8700k, I am still on a 8086k (basically a over clocked 8700k) so am looking to see my next upgrade path, and was severely tempted for the Am4 so i can save a bit of money on DDr4 but still looking into it

[gamingbros]

I am really excited for this series as a current 3700x owner.(since 2019) Currently got my eyes on 5800x3d during blackfriday. I hope pt2 comes out b4 that. I hope to get a little more frames out of my 3080ti with the upgrade in 1440p gaming +occassional stream

[frazmeup]

I've had my 9900k clocked at 5ghz for almost a year now without any issues with a 3080ti. I will wait for Intel 15th gen or see what AMD has by then. Really good CPU which can later be used as a 4k 60hz media center chip.

[ZacSPB]

I had 6700k and made coffee mod with my z-170a motherboard. Now I have QQLS notebook processor analog of 9900k. That was great upgrade from 6700k! I've doubled cores and overclocked all of them to 4.6Ghz. 1151 Intel's socket some kind AM4 of AMD. And the best part of this upgrade, that after selling my 6700k, I've spent about 30$ extra for QQLS. So it was almost free!

[vasheroo]

I upgraded from the 9900k to the 7800x3d this year. It'd be interesting to see how the lack of hyperthreading on the 9700k has held up over the years.

[nusantara]

Still using a stock 9900k with unlimited power setting (maxed tdp) 3600mhz ram (tuned for low latency) and no complain at all

[igrnja]

I'd like a 5800X3D to be added to this data. Just to see how much of an upgrade over 3700X and 9900K you can achieve on an AM4 platform, and how much of a bottleneck the 5800X3D actually is for the 4090.

[henryfan]

Went from 3700X to 5800X and now 5800X3D all while keeping the same X570 board, GPU went from 1080Ti to 2080Ti to 4090, I'm currently running both the CPU and GPU undervolted, the 5800X3D pulls under 70W in most games at 4.45GHz all cores and the 4090 hovers around 300W at 2730MHz, very happy with this set up.

[Dr.Dp]

Loved my 9900K, ran at 5Ghz for 3yrs without missing a beat and was able to run anything I threw at it with awesome results, first with a 2080 then a 3080.