The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D drops to an all-time low price — the world's fastest CPU for gaming goes on ultra-rare sale

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You can find our favorite gaming processor, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, today for its lowest price ever. This is the fastest gaming processor in the world, and it usually retails for around $499, but is currently discounted to $451. This deal is available across multiple vendors, including both Newegg and Amazon. If you're not familiar with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, one thing's for sure—it's not your grandma's processor (unless Granny is rocking a hardcore gaming rig these days).

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The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D's performance blew us away when we reviewed it last year, quickly rocketing to the top of our list and earning our Editor's Choice award. We ultimately gave it a score of 4.5 out of 5 stars, regarding its performance as "devastating" in the title with good reason. This is hands down one of the best processors you can get your hands on right now, and this discount only sweetens the deal.

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU is built around the Zen 5 X3D architecture. It features eight cores, providing a total of 16 threads, with a base speed of 4.7 GHz. When boosted, it can reach frequencies as high as 5.2 GHz. Most importantly, it comes with a massive 96MB of game-boosting L3 Cache.

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Ryzen 7 9800 X3D FPS — (Image credit: Future)

This edition features integrated AMD Radeon Graphics, which includes two graphics cores, eliminating the need for a separate GPU to achieve video output with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It's also PCIe 5.0 compatible and supports up to 192GB of DDR5-5600 via two channels.

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is an absolute gaming beast; there is really no other way to put it, topping our CPU hierarchy list, where we break down our ranking of CPUs, and leading our list of the Best CPUs for gaming.

Snag it while you can — this CPU was plagued by shortages for months due to its popularity, and, as expected, the price has refused to budge as a result. All this is to say, you can be assured this sale will last long — the 9800X3D's price didn't even drop during Prime Day.

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Ash Hill is a contributing writer for Tom's Hardware with a wealth of experience in the hobby electronics, 3D printing and PCs. She manages the Pi projects of the month and much of our daily Raspberry Pi reporting while also finding the best coupons and deals on all tech.