UserBenchmark - the gift that keeps on giving! The website's latest review of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has left many in shock as it now deems spending extra on a gaming CPU pointless. Continuing its never-ending saga of denouncing AMD, which it often refers to as "Advanced Marketing Devices," UserBenchmark doubles down and names the i5-13600K and i5-14600K as worthy competitors, even though AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D has dethroned Intel's fastest gaming CPU, the i9-14900K, by almost 33% per our testing.
This is not the first time we've encountered such an 'intriguing' take from UserBenchmark. The website has been in hot water for ranking the i3-8100 higher than the i9-9980XE merely based on clock speeds -- make that make sense. A quick look at its CPU ranking chart based on performance from highest to lowest puts the Ryzen 7 9800X3D at the 12th spot, trailed by the "3D joker" Ryzen 9 7950X3D at the 25th place. The Ryzen 9 9950X follows suit, landing in the 28th position. No matter how you look at it - whether it be gaming, productivity, or efficiency - enthusiasts overwhelmingly think these numbers simply don't add up.
