AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU Review: Gaming’s Best Chip
Brad Bourque
created: Jan. 28, 2026, 2 p.m. | updated: Jan. 31, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
The gaming results are using the Nvidia RTX 5080 FE that I reviewed on its release last year.
During mixed use, I was hovering between 59 and 65 °C, so my fans weren’t even working that hard.
One big draw for either chip is overclocking, and AMD has continued to make that process as painless and straightforward as possible.
Ryzen Master has come a long way over the years, and it feels more modern and approachable than Intel’s XTU.
PerformanceWhile the 9850X3D is a gaming chip, it’s worth taking a quick look at some synthetic benchmarks first to see how it stacks up against the 9800X3D.
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