AMD makes 3D V-Cache more accessible with £240 Ryzen 5 7500X3D

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D is no longer just a rumour. AMD has officially announced its new “budget-focused” gaming CPU, aiming to bring 3D V-Cache to a wider market with a launch price of £239.99. This chip packs the same 64MB slice of L3 cache as its more expensive siblings.

To achieve this price, significant concessions are required. The 7500X3D is a 6-core, 12-thread CPU based on the older Zen 4 architecture, rather than the newer Zen 5. While six cores are fine for most games, the biggest trade-off appears to be clock speed. The Ryzen 5 7500X3D has a maximum boost clock of 4.5GHz, 500MHz lower than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

This isn't the first 6-core X3D chip. AMD previously released the Ryzen 5 7600X3D, which actually had a higher 4.7GHz boost speed, but that CPU's availability was limited. The new 7500X3D is receiving a full global release. The low clock speed is a direct result of its 65W TDP, which means it will be relatively easy to cool.

As expected, AMD has provided its own internal benchmarks, claiming that the 7500X3D is, on average, 22% faster than the Core Ultra 5 245KF in a suite of 10 esports titles at 1080p, with a lead as high as 42% in PUBG. In AAA games, the claimed advantage is approximately 13%. According to AMD's data, the Core i5 14600K is also slower, but less significantly, with the AMD chip being 12% faster on average in esports and 8% in AAA titles.

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KitGuru says: The Ryzen 5 7500X3D brings that all-important cache cluster to a much more accessible price point. 

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