# AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

13 Hacker News commenters recommended AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a very fast gaming chip with large gains over older Intel and AMD CPUs. A few critics say the speed gain is not always noticeable in everyday use.

## Why people recommend it

- Fastest chip for gaming (2 comments): "If you are gaming and buy a 9800X3D, Intel literally doesn't make anything faster at any price" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45958294)) "It's a monster for games and some workloads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47540114))
- Large gains over older CPUs (3 comments): "A 9800X3D is twice as fast as your 9900K in benchmarks like GeekBench" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47407301)) "My upgrade from an i9-9900K to a Ryzen 9800X3D was noticeable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46327623)) "1700 single core geekbench vs 3300" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47405193))
- Strong for games and workloads (2 comments): "Not only it is screamingly fast (the fastest on earth for some workloads), but I can upgrade it easily." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47538539)) "It's a monster for games and some workloads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47540114))

## What people warn about

- Sluggish in some uses (3 comments): "the performance is really not good enough just for that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49006259)) "doesn't feel as tight as my pretty basic Amiga 500 does" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020527)) "Jesus that page chugs on a 9800x3d + rx9070xt" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49252882))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [AMD Threadripper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-threadripper.md): 17 recommend
- [AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d2-dual-edition.md): 13 recommend
- [AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d.md): 12 recommend
- [AMD Ryzen 7 5800X](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-ryzen-7-5800x.md): 11 recommend
- [AMD Ryzen 9950X](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-ryzen-9950x.md): 9 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=AMD+Ryzen+7+9800X3D&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d.html)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D", https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).