Nullity wrote on Oct 8, 2024, 14:26:

RogueSix wrote on Oct 8, 2024, 14:05:

Nullity wrote on Oct 8, 2024, 13:45:
... and for gaming they compared to the 7950X3D instead of the 7800X3D, showing they're still not attempting to be honest

Huh? Depending on the game/website/benchmark/methodology, the 7950X3D is actually a tiny little bit faster than the 7800X3D but the performance difference is generally negligible. It is also the 16 core part and the Intel CPU is a 24 core part so actually I would say that it is more honest to compare 16 cores (7950X3D) vs. 24 cores (285K) than 8 cores (7800X3D) vs. 24 cores (285K).

The 7950 has 2 CCDs (each with 8 cores), only one of which uses the X3D cache. If the non-3D cache CCD isn't disabled during gaming (core parking), performance will be worse than the 7800 with just a single CCD. So in essence (for gaming specifically), the 7950 and 7800 X3D CPUs are both 8-core parts. I don't trust Intel to do this comparison properly.

Perhaps I should have gone into more detail in my original post. In any case, obviously we need to wait for independent tests.