The 9800X3D also has the advantage of only having one CCD on the die, which means it will always use the 3D VCache. The higher core count chips sometimes have issues where games and such might run some threads on the wrong core and not get to take advantage of the huge cache.

That’s why it tends to be the preferred gaming pick, not just the lower price or the fact that games seldom will use more than 16 threads (which is how many the 9800 series give you)

Oh boy, it’s almost up to feature parity with Civ III before any expansion packs