Tom's Hardware Verdict The Ryzen 5 7600X3D is easily the best value in gaming CPUs right now, even 18 months after it was released. Outside of games, however, it loses some ground, particularly to Intel’s recent competition, which has made strides in both gaming and productivity. Pros + Only slightly slower than Ryzen 7 7800X3D in games + Often demands less than 70W when gaming + Inexpensive, and finally available online Cons - Core Ultra 5 250K Plus offers twice the multithreaded performance at around the same price - Locked multiplier - Slower than the Ryzen 5 7600X and 9600X in most applications Why you can trust Tom's Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test . We’ve had the Ryzen 5 7600X3D for a while, and it’s always placed highly in our CPU benchmark hierarchy , as well as shown up among the best CPUs for gaming .…