Press F for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. (Image source: Activision / AMD)
It is January 5, 2022.
At the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) at the time, AMD boss Dr. Lisa Su not only offers the Zen 4 architecture with Ryzen 7000, but also an innovation for the Zen 3 generation: the Ryzen 7 5800X3D.
This processor was the first to use the eponymous 3D V-Cache. With the stacked L3 cache amounting to an additional 64 MB, the CPU giant promised a groundbreakingly efficient and performant CPU for PC gamers.
And the Ryzen 7 5800X3D was indeed groundbreaking: even the then Intel flagship in the form of the Core i9-12900K was easily beaten in our gaming benchmarks. In a direct comparison, the Zen 3 CPU was even more energy efficient and cheaper.
So it’s no wonder that the AMD CPU was sold out so quickly when it was released in April 2022. AMD at least quickly provided supplies, so that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D still occupied the top spot among the most popular CPUs a year later, without ever really being in danger of having to give up this crown.
Even the release of the direct successor in the form of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D didn’t really take the wind out of the sails of the first X3D CPU – but now the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is finally over.
Ryzen 7 5800X3D: “No longer available”
A look at the price comparison search engine Geizhals is enough to get an idea of how things are going with the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Since last summer, the AMD CPU has gradually climbed in price from the usual offers (around 280 dollars).
Geizhals no longer lists the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and simply declares it as “no longer available”. There is no official statement from AMD, but it is clear that production has long since stopped – especially since the successor in the form of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is already in sight.
The price development of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D shot up steeply – and now the AMD CPU is history.
An AM4 alternative is there – but also a little weaker
If you still want to stay on the AM4 platform, but the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is still too expensive for you with a current price of around 440 dollars, AMD has still launched an alternative.
We’re talking about the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, which only came onto the market in February 2024 and is currently available in stores for around 200 dollars. Nominally, with this processor you forego a clock speed of around 400 MHz, which leads to a loss of around ten percent in terms of gaming performance (via PCGH).
Regardless, it should be noted that AMD’s success in the CPU sector is at least largely due to the launch of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. From the customer’s perspective, we can only hope that the successors will also have the longest possible (and, above all, price-efficient) success story.
