AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X in review: Back to the fastest gaming CPU crown with Raphael!

Many innovations and a lot of power! Almost two years after the release of the Ryzen 5000 processors, AMD now unleashes its current line-up aka Raphael with a modern Zen 4 architecture into the race for the performance crown of the fastest CPU. Intel's Core i9-12900K often only sees the taillights with second-fastest model in our review, the Ryzen 9 7900X. You can find out how big the lead is and what AMD's smaller Ryzen 5 7600X can do in this detailed review.

Sebastian Bade, 👁 Sebastian Bade, ✓ Vaidyanathan Subramaniam (translated by DeepL / Ninh Duy), Published 09/26/2022 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 ...

On 08.10.2020, AMD had the last big launch in desktop processors. Today, almost two years later, AMD releases the brand-new AMD Ryzen 7000 models. In addition to the new processors, there are many other innovations that relate to the motherboard and RAM. The AM4 socket is replaced by the new AM5 socket based on a PGA layout. This means that Ryzen 7000 does not have any pins, but only contact surfaces on the underside — 1,718 of them to be exact. Unlike Intel, however, the use of DDR5 has become mandatory with Ryzen 7000. There is no backwards compatibility, which should definitely be considered when calculating the costs for an upgrade.

There are further visual differences in the processor itself in terms of the heat spreader compared to the previous models. Internally, however, AMD still relies on the so-called chiplet design, which consists of two CCDs with eight cores each and an I/O die in the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. As is known, the two CCDs communicate via the Infinity Fabric with the I/O die, which now always includes an iGPU in addition to the new DDR5 memory controller.

The new processors are manufactured at TSMC and AMD takes the next step with the 5 nm process. Higher clock rates can thus be achieved, which AMD also utilizes very well. Up to 5.7 GHz is possible ex-factory in Turbo mode in the Ryzen 9 7950X. The Ryzen 9 7900X still has 5.6 GHz in its spec sheet. At this point, we can already say that these clock rates were also achieved in our tests. Together with the higher IPC and the significantly increased clock rates, users can look forward to a decent performance increase.

However, the performance gain has one drawback, because the TDP of the new Ryzen 9 models has increased upwards to 170 W. AMD even specifies up to 230 W for the entire package (PPT - Package Power Tracking). However, that is still less than what Intel allows for its current processors — up to 241 W under load.

The AMD Ryzen 7000 family at a glance

Model	Cores/Threads	Base clock	Turbo clock	L2 cache	L3 cache	TDP	PPT	Launch price
Ryzen 9 7950X	16/32	4.5 GHz	5.7 GHz	16x 1 MB	64 MB	170 W	230 W	699 USD / 849 EUR
Ryzen 9 7900X	12/24	4.7 GHz	5.6 GHz	12x 1 MB	64 MB	170 W	230 W	549 USD / 669 EUR
Ryzen 7 7700X	8/16	4.5 GHz	5.4 GHz	8x 1 MB	32 MB	105 W	142 W	399 USD / 479 EUR
Ryzen 5 7600X	6/12	4.7 GHz	5.3 GHz	6x 1 MB	32 MB	105 W	142 W	299 USD / 359 EUR

The test system

We use the following system for the following benchmarks and tests

Raijintek Pean Benchtable
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master, BIOS: 813b
Alphacool Eisbear 280 AiO
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
Corsair HX 1200i power supply
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 2x 16 GB, EXPO (DDR5-6000 CL30-38-38-96)
Intel Optane 905P 480 GB PCIe SSD
2x Transcend NVMe SSD 512 GB
Microsoft Windows 11 Professional 64-bit (version 21H2)

G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 CL30-38-96

The Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master in detail

We use the Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master as the base for our test. The motherboard offers all the new features that come with the new AMD Ryzen processors. This includes PCIe 5.0 support, which will be used by future SSDs but also graphics cards.

In total, there will be four different chipsets for socket AM5 including X670E, X670, B650E and B650. However, the cheaper boards will only be available in the next few weeks. Gigabyte's flagship offers 16+2+2 phases with the X670 Extreme chipset to ensure good processor power supply even during extreme overclocking. The voltage converters are located under a massive heatsink, which means we did not have any temperature problems even under load.

In total, up to four M.2 SSDs can be stored directly on the motherboard. Nevertheless, only the first M.2 slot offers the new PCIe 5.0 support. An active cooling of the chipset, which was the case in the X570 boards, is not available in the Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master. The new LGA socket aka AM5 offers 1,718 contact areas and is compatible with older AM4 coolers. AMD also talked about the service life of the new AM5 socket during the product launch. It is supposed to serve as a basis until at least 2025.

Processor benchmarks

The technical specifications of the new AMD Ryzen 7000 processors already promise a lot, and the new processors can actually prove those in action. Compared to the Ryzen 5000 generation, we record a performance increase of 26% for the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X can gain almost 20% in the performance rating compared to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.

As for the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, it is even significantly faster than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. But the new 12-core can also prevail over the 16-core in the individual benchmarks. Thus, we can assume that the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X can also provide significantly more multi-thread performance. We will also try to run this sample through our test course in the next few days to be able to show the performance of the top model in comparison to the competition. Speaking of the competition, the Intel Core i9-12900K can't keep up with the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X either and has to rank 9% behind our test sample.

The smaller AMD Ryzen 5 7600X performs similarly well and can outperform the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X clearly. The lead over the Intel Core i5-12600K is a bit smaller than the 12-core at about 6%, but it is still there.

It remains to be seen what Intel will come up with in terms of the new Raptor Lake processors. These should follow soon and we are already looking forward to another battle.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Performance Rating - Percent
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	67.7 pt
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	62.9 pt
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	61.1 pt
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	57.5 pt
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	54.8 pt
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X ^-2! R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	54.5 pt
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	48.8 pt

Cinebench R15
CPU Single 64Bit
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	324 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	315 Points -3%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	286 Points -12%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	275 Points -15%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	272 Points -16%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	271 Points -16%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	254 Points -22%
CPU Multi 64Bit
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	4856 Points
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	4492 Points -7%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	4057 Points -16%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	3717 Points -23%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	2555 Points -47%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	2507 Points -48%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	1968 Points -59%

Cinebench R20
CPU (Single Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	786 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	766 Points -3%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	761 Points -3%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	734 Points -7%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	641 Points -18%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	639 Points -19%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	601 Points -24%
CPU (Multi Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	11563 Points
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	10482 Points -9%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	10240 Points -11%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	8629 Points -25%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	6692 Points -42%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	5985 Points -48%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	4567 Points -61%

Cinebench R23
Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	2039 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	1998 Points -2%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	1967 Points -4%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	1907 Points -6%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	1649 Points -19%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	1568 Points -23%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	1541 Points -24%
Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	29480 Points
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	27062 Points -8%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	27005 Points -8%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	20634 Points -30%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	17491 Points -41%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	15322 Points -48%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	11838 Points -60%

Cinebench R11.5
CPU Single 64Bit
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	3.83 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	3.72 Points -3%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	3.49 Points -9%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	3.31 Points -14%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	3.14 Points -18%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	3.14 Points -18%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	2.95 Points -23%
CPU Multi 64Bit
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	54.51 Points
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	49.6 Points -9%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	47.06 Points -14%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	41.78 Points -23%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	30.01 Points -45%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	28.41 Points -48%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	21.75 Points -60%

Cinebench R10
Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	16338 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	16144 Points -1%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	16010 Points -2%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	15180 Points -7%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	13279 Points -19%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	12739 Points -22%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	12563 Points -23%
Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	121250 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	112749 Points -7%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	104638 Points -14%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	99651 Points -18%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	89641 Points -26%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	89478 Points -26%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	69545 Points -43%

Blender - v2.79 BMW27 CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	260.2 Seconds * -145%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	203 Seconds * -92%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	189.5 Seconds * -79%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	141 Seconds * -33%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	121.1 Seconds * -14%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	112.8 Seconds * -6%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	106 Seconds *

wPrime 2.10
32m
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	4.924 s * -176%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	4.725 s * -165%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	3.891 s * -118%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	2.78 s * -56%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	2.538 s * -43%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	1.781 s *
1024m
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	202.7 s * -407%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	190.6 s * -377%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	113.9 s * -185%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	74.491 s * -86%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	64.9 s * -62%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	39.954 s *

X264 HD Benchmark 4.0
Pass 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	376 (369^min - 378^max) fps
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	368.5 (366^min - 369^max) fps -2%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	367 (363^min - 371^max) fps -2%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	338.5 (337^min - 340^max) fps -10%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	335 (325^min - 337^max) fps -11%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	333.5 (332^min - 336^max) fps -11%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	320 (319^min - 321^max) fps -15%
Pass 2
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	241 (240^min - 242^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	221 (220^min - 221^max) fps -8%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	206 (206^min - 206^max) fps -15%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	191 (190^min - 192^max) fps -21%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	148 (147^min - 148^max) fps -39%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	147.8 (147.7^min - 147.9^max) fps -39%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	117 (117^min - 117^max) fps -51%

WinRAR - Result
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	17225 KB/s
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	16178 KB/s -6%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	13361 KB/s -22%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	13282 KB/s -23%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	12503 KB/s -27%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	10792 KB/s -37%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	6239 KB/s -64%

TrueCrypt
AES Mean 100MB
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	26.9 GB/s +82%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	21.2 GB/s +43%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	18.5 GB/s +25%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	14.8 GB/s
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	13.2 GB/s -11%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	12.8 GB/s -14%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	10.7 GB/s -28%
Twofish Mean 100MB
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	3.7 GB/s +32%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	3.7 GB/s +32%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	2.9 GB/s +4%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	2.8 GB/s
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	2.2 GB/s -21%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	1.8 GB/s -36%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	1.5 GB/s -46%
Serpent Mean 100MB
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	2.4 GB/s +60%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	1.9 GB/s +27%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	1.8 GB/s +20%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	1.5 GB/s
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	1.3 GB/s -13%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	1.1 GB/s -27%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	0.938 GB/s -37%

Geekbench 5.5
Multi-Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	19987 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	17854 Points -11%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	16891 Points -15%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	12990 Points -35%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	12797 Points -36%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	11917 Points -40%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	8980 Points -55%
Single-Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	2274 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	2205 Points -3%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	2042 Points -10%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	1904 Points -16%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	1682 Points -26%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	1669 Points -27%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	1657 Points -27%

Geekbench 5.0
5.0 Multi-Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	19975 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	17959 Points -10%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	16570 Points -17%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	12974 Points -35%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	12746 Points -36%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	11880 Points -41%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	8926 Points -55%
5.0 Single-Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	2194 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	2126 Points -3%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	1968 Points -10%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	1821 Points -17%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	1683 Points -23%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	1667 Points -24%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	1587 Points -28%

Geekbench 4.4
64 Bit Single-Core Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	9193 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	8926 Points -3%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	8665 Points -6%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	8223 Points -11%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	7297 Points -21%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	7216 Points -22%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	6953 Points -24%
64 Bit Multi-Core Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	74731 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	63583 Points -15%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	63233 Points -15%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	51794 Points -31%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	47407 Points -37%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	46557 Points -38%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	35617 Points -52%

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance Physics
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	28618 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	28211 Points -1%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	25396 Points -11%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	25367 Points -11%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	25017 Points -13%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	23423 Points -18%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	19649 Points -31%

7-Zip 18.03
7z b 4
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	127792 MIPS +2%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	124975 MIPS
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	97671 MIPS -22%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	95123 MIPS -24%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	69291 MIPS -45%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	64260 MIPS -49%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	56607 MIPS -55%
7z b 4 -mmt1
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	8282 MIPS
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	8063 MIPS -3%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	6974 MIPS -16%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	6785 MIPS -18%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	6594 MIPS -20%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	6571 MIPS -21%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	5944 MIPS -28%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - 4k Preset
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	36.2 fps
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	31.8 fps -12%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	30.1 fps -17%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	30 fps -17%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	25.5 fps -30%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	21.1 fps -42%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	15.7 fps -57%

R Benchmark 2.5 - Overall mean
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	0.4778 sec * -28%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	0.4556 sec * -22%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	0.4513 sec * -21%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	0.4456 sec * -19%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	0.4216 sec * -13%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	0.3749 sec * -0%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	0.3736 sec *

LibreOffice - 20 Documents To PDF
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	71.8 s * -106%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	47.65 s * -37%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	45.97 s * -32%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	45.14 s * -29%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	40.6 s * -16%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	36.8 s * -5%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	34.9 s *

WebXPRT 3 - Overall
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	371 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	362 Points -2%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	320 Points -14%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	293 Points -21%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	291 Points -22%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	286 Points -23%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	284 Points -23%

Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	578 ms * -34%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	566 ms * -31%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	558 ms * -29%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	511 ms * -19%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	481 ms * -12%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	441 ms * -2%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	431 ms *

3DMark
3840x2160 Fire Strike Ultra Physics
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	42399 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	39462 Points -7%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	39353 Points -7%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	36154 Points -15%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	30780 Points -27%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	29443 Points -31%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	26038 Points -39%
1920x1080 Fire Strike Physics
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	42682 Points
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	39600 Points -7%
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	39112 Points -8%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	35451 Points -17%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	30691 Points -28%
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	29671 Points -30%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	25990 Points -39%
2560x1440 Time Spy CPU
Intel Core i9-12900K i9-12900K, 3200 MHz	18431 Points +11%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X R9 7900X, 4700 MHz	16616 Points
Intel Core i5-12600K i5-12600K, 2800 MHz	13869 Points -17%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X R9 5950X, 3400 MHz	13650 Points -18%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X R9 5900X, 3700 MHz	12633 Points -24%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X R5 7600X, 4700 MHz	10458 Points -37%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	8911 Points -46%

* ... smaller is better

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X + AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs. Cinebench R15 multi-loop

The high multi-thread performance can also be maintained permanently in our test setup, as we can see in the results of the Cinebench R15 multi-loop. With an average of 4,785 points, the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X finishes this test better than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (4,467 points).

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X can't quite keep up the lead of the Intel Core i5 12600K although the gap is exceedingly small with only 100 points in the 50 runs. The Intel Core i9-12900K doesn't play a big role here and can't even put the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X under pressure.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, AMD Ryzen 9 7900X: Ø4785 (4739.9-4829.17)

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, AMD Ryzen 5 7600X: Ø2468 (2440.21-2487.56)

Intel Core i9-12900K Intel Core i9-12900K, Intel Core i9-12900K: Ø3987 (3920.42-4037.55)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: Ø3681 (3663.67-3707.14)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X: Ø1948 (1942.12-1954.65)

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X: Ø4467 (4442.47-4510.09)

Intel Core i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K, Intel Core i5-12600K: Ø2545 (2497.35-2570.36)

Synthetic benchmarks and application performance

The two new AMD processors clearly set the tone in synthetic benchmarks. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X can place itself ahead of the competition with a clear lead. AMD only has to rank behind Intel in the memory benchmarks. Nevertheless, the gap is only in single-digit percentages.

PCMark 10 | 3DMark | 3DMark 11 | CrossMark

PCMark 10 - Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X	9911 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X	9470 Points -4%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	8778 Points -11%
Intel Core i9-12900K	8604 Points -13%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	8270 Points -17%
Intel Core i5-12600K	8259 Points -17%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	7098 Points -28%

3DMark
1920x1080 Fire Strike Physics
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X	42682 Points
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	39600 Points -7%
Intel Core i9-12900K	39112 Points -8%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	32156 Points -25%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X	30691 Points -28%
Intel Core i5-12600K	29671 Points -30%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	25990 Points -39%
2560x1440 Time Spy CPU
Intel Core i9-12900K	18431 Points +11%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X	16616 Points
Intel Core i5-12600K	13869 Points -17%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	13650 Points -18%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	12111 Points -27%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X	10458 Points -37%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	8911 Points -46%

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance Physics
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X	28618 Points
Intel Core i9-12900K	28211 Points -1%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X	25396 Points -11%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	25367 Points -11%
Intel Core i5-12600K	25017 Points -13%
Intel Core i9-12900K	23076 Points -19%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	20214 Points -29%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	19649 Points -31%

CrossMark - Overall
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X	2405 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X	2236 Points -7%
Intel Core i5-12600K	1637 Points -32%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	1567 Points -35%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	1495 Points -38%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	1489 Points -38%

AIDA64: Memory Copy | Memory Read | Memory Write | Memory Latency

AIDA64 / Memory Copy
Intel Core i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	70076 MB/s +1%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	69140 MB/s
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	66130 MB/s -4%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	59949 MB/s -13%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	59171 MB/s -14%
Desktop-PC Intel Core i9-12900K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	55947 MB/s -19%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	53947 MB/s -22%
Average of class (4514 - 234662, n=1578)	45665 MB/s -34%

AIDA64 / Memory Read
Intel Core i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	76023 MB/s +1%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	75338 MB/s
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	70692 MB/s -6%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	62991 MB/s -16%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	59238 MB/s -21%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	59007 MB/s -22%
Desktop-PC Intel Core i9-12900K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	53231 MB/s -29%
Average of class (4031 - 271066, n=1539)	47944 MB/s -36%

AIDA64 / Memory Write
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	81320 MB/s +6%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	76967 MB/s
Intel Core i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	73572 MB/s -4%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	55525 MB/s -28%
Desktop-PC Intel Core i9-12900K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	54171 MB/s -30%
Average of class (3506 - 242868, n=1544)	48836 MB/s -37%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	48748 MB/s -37%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	28798 MB/s -63%

AIDA64 / Memory Latency
Average of class (10.2 - 346, n=1615)	84.4 ns * -33%
Intel Core i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	83.5 ns * -32%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	67.7 ns * -7%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	63.9 ns * -1%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	63.8 ns * -1%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	63.3 ns *
Desktop-PC Intel Core i9-12900K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	59.5 ns * +6%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, NVIDIA Titan RTX	58.4 ns * +8%

* ... smaller is better

Game benchmarks

Let's now turn to the gaming benchmarks. Due to the high single-thread performance of Intel processors, Intel set the tone here for a long time and was gradually put under pressure by AMD with the Ryzen 5000 CPUs. Only with the Intel Core i9-12900K could Intel regain the crown in this aspect. But now there is another change at the top, because the Intel Core i9-12900K is now beaten by the new AMD Ryzen processors of the 7000 generation. The Core i9-12900K even has to subordinate itself to the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, which is very impressive.

Nevertheless, it has to be put into perspective that the performance difference becomes smaller with increasing resolutions, since it then depends more on the graphics card's performance. Nevertheless, we can partly do without drastic performance increases in favor of the new AMD Ryzen processors at 1080p with maximum details.

Gaming performance in direct comparison with Intel

Performance Rating - Percent
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	99.4 pt
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	95.6 pt
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	91.5 pt
Intel Core i5-12600K ^-2! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	80.9 pt

F1 22
1920x1080 Low Preset AA:T AF:16x
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	344 (260^min, 201^P1 - 409^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	333 (255^min, 199^P1 - 409^max) fps -3%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	316 (235^min) fps -8%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	258 (208^min, 159^P1 - 307^max) fps -25%
1920x1080 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	131 (109^min) fps +5%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	128.7 (104^min, 93^P1 - 154^max) fps +3%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	126.4 (109^min, 100^P1 - 145^max) fps +1%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	125.1 (108^min, 100^P1 - 144^max) fps

Cyberpunk 2077 1.6
1920x1080 Ultra Preset
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	173 fps
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	126.3 (79^min - 175.5^max) fps -27%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	125 fps -28%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	103 (67^min) fps -40%
1920x1080 Low Preset
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	217 (92^min) fps +1%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	214 fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	199 fps -7%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	165 (69.5^min - 218^max) fps -23%

Far Cry 5
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	187 (145^min) fps +1%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	186 (133^min - 258^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	183 (136^min - 251^max) fps -2%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	158 (120^min - 225^max) fps -15%
1280x720 Low Preset AA:T
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	244 (164^min - 331^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	238 (152^min - 327^max) fps -2%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	236 (154^min) fps -3%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	197 (153^min - 254^max) fps -19%

X-Plane 11.11
1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	160.9 fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	151.8 fps -6%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	147.7 fps -8%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	111.1 fps -31%
1280x720 low (fps_test=1)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	227 fps +1%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	225 fps
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	213 fps -5%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	157.9 fps -30%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark
1920x1080 High Quality
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	190.8 fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	188.4 fps -1%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	185.5 fps -3%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	173.5 fps -9%
1280x720 Lite Quality
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	236 fps
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	233 fps -1%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	233 fps -1%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	217 fps -8%

Dota 2 Reborn
1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	231.65 (196.5^min) fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	228.5 (193.7^min) fps -1%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	196.8 (171.6^min) fps -15%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	171.9 (149.6^min) fps -26%
1280x720 min (0/3) fastest
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	301.3 (255.5^min) fps +3%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	293.1 (253^min) fps
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	235.4 (207.6^min) fps -20%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	203.6 (180.1^min) fps -31%

The Witcher 3
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	188.1 (93.6^min, 119.6^P0.1, 157^P1 - 509^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	186.4 (85.2^min, 119.4^P0.1, 152.4^P1 - 439^max) fps -1%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	181 (13^min) fps -4%
1024x768 Low Graphics & Postprocessing
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	773 (81.6^min, 345^P0.1, 543^P1 - 1294^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	710 (99.8^min, 384^P0.1, 495^P1 - 1262^max) fps -8%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	644 (12^min) fps -17%

GTA V
1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	161.4 (8.93^min, 125^P1 - 341^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	155.2 (5.9^min, 111.1^P1 - 371^max) fps -4%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	148.7 (3.1^min, 111.1^P1 - 272^max) fps -8%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	133 (5.5^min, 90.9^P1 - 206^max) fps -18%
1024x768 Lowest Settings possible
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	187.5 (8.3^min, 200^P1 - 623^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	187.5 (10.5^min, 200^P1 - 530^max) fps 0%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-12900K	187.4 (41.6^min, 200^P1 - 443^max) fps 0%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	186.1 (2.03^min, 166.7^P1 - 287^max) fps -1%

Ryzen 9 7900X with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
GTA V (2015)	187.5	187.5	187.1	161.4	151.8	182.2
The Witcher 3 (2015)	773	586	384	188.1		156.9
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	293.1	257	250.4	231.65		216.7
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	236	231	190.8		146.6	88.8
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	225	199.2	160.9			133.5
Far Cry 5 (2018)	244	211	203	186	176	110
Strange Brigade (2018)	741	479	380	329	249	153.1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)	314	261	251	234	172.2	99.6
Far Cry New Dawn (2019)	200	176	169	151	143	109
Metro Exodus (2019)	311	223	175.2	140.1	115.8	76.6
Borderlands 3 (2019)	244	213	190.8	164.1	131.6	75.3
F1 2020 (2020)	487	403	374	270	218	138.8
F1 2021 (2021)	648	548	441	224	175.4	105.3
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 (2022)	214	213	174	173	88	46
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)	364	294	212	168.5	124	70.8
F1 22 (2022)	344	361	321	125.1	83.8	42.4
The Quarry (2022)	282	216	177.7	144.4	103.6	58.9

Ryzen 5 7600X with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
GTA V (2015)	187.5	187.5	186.7	155.2	148	181.9
The Witcher 3 (2015)	710	566	265	186.4		158.1
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	301.3	260	244.9	228.5		214.5
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	233	227	188.4		147.1	90.6
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	227	193.6	151.8			127.6
Far Cry 5 (2018)	238	208	196	183	171	111
Strange Brigade (2018)	819	510	402	354	270	161.4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)	299	251	241	228	172	99.7
Far Cry New Dawn (2019)	191	168	161	144	138	109
Metro Exodus (2019)	321	221	173.1	138.5	115.4	76.3
Borderlands 3 (2019)	232	205	185	161.2	130.7	75
F1 2020 (2020)	587	460	418	302	238	145.4
F1 2021 (2021)	699	562	453	227	175.8	105.6
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 (2022)	199	198	174	125	88	46
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)	367	294	211	168.3	124	70.4
F1 22 (2022)	333	352	312	126.4	84.4	42.6

Energy consumption

The high performance of the new AMD Ryzen 7000 processors is accompanied by a significantly increased power consumption. If the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X still came with 105 W (TDP - Thermal Design Power), current Ryzen 9 models can consume 170 W. The PPT (Package Power Tracking) increases from 142 W to 230 W.

If we take a look at the comparison under load with Cinebech R15-Multi, the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is only slightly behind the Intel Core i9-12900K in the ranking. Nevertheless, we note a lower performance compared to the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X indicated by a 33% higher power consumption. For the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, we only note an increase of 26% compared to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. We also observed a similar performance increase in the stress test with Prime95. With more than 500 W, the power consumption during gaming is once again significantly higher due to the graphics card. We have to calculate about 350 W for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 alone.

AMD recommends using an appropriate cooling solution for its processors. Thus, you should at least use a 240 or 280 AiO solution when running an AMD Ryzen 9, although a good tower cooler is sufficient for the AMD Ryzen 7 as well as the AMD Ryzen 5. However, our load test shows that our 280 AiO solution already had its problems in the open configuration. The maximum 95 °C temperature that AMD specifies for all new processors is still reached. Our recommendation is to use a 360 AiO solution, regardless of whether Ryzen 9, Ryzen 7 or Ryzen 5 of the 7000 series is to be installed. As a hint, AMD also provides a reference value for the temperatures, which is between 70 and 90 °C.

Eco Mode:

AMD uses this mode to reduce the TDP, which can also be compared with Intel's PL1 and PL2 limitations. Thus, the processors can be operated at 65 W, 105 W or at an unthrottled 170 W.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Power consumption test system - Cinebench R15-nT

Power consumption test system - stress test Prime95 + FurMark

Power consumption test system - gaming (The Witcher 3 Ultra-Preset)

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Power Consumption: Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor) | Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor) | 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor)

Power Consumption / Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor)
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-12900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 70.5 W)	324.4 Watt * -4%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	313 (214^min, 221^P1 - 406^max) Watt *
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R9 5900X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 78.1 W)	235.8 (204^min - 238^max) Watt * +25%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R9 5950X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 78 W)	226.1 (160^min - 249^max) Watt * +28%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	215 (134.8^min, 135.6^P1 - 259^max) Watt * +31%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 70.45 W)	205.9 (145^min - 213^max) Watt * +34%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 79.23 W)	170.1 (165^min - 210^max) Watt * +46%

Power Consumption / Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	319 (310^min, 311^P1 - 357^max) Watt *
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-12900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 70.5 W)	279.6 (261^min - 357^max) Watt * +12%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 70.45 W)	256.5 (238^min - 275^max) Watt * +20%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R9 5950X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 78 W)	252.3 (227^min - 259^max) Watt * +21%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R9 5900X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 78.1 W)	235.6 (211^min - 284^max) Watt * +26%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	227 (218^min, 219^P1 - 245^max) Watt * +29%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 79.23 W)	175.8 (170^min - 179^max) Watt * +45%

Power Consumption / The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X	555 (547^min, 549^P1 - 607^max) Watt *
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X	519 (510^min, 513^P1 - 564^max) Watt * +6%
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 5900X, Corsair MP600 (Idle: 91.1 W)	463.7 (450^min - 487^max) Watt * +16%
Intel Core i9-12900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-12900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 70.5 W)	463 (439^min - 490^max) Watt * +17%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R9 5950X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 78 W)	440.5 (420^min - 466^max) Watt * +21%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R9 5900X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 78.1 W)	439.6 (419^min - 497^max) Watt * +21%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 79.23 W)	409.2 (381^min - 434^max) Watt * +26%
Intel Core i5-12600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-12600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 70.45 W)	408.9 (401^min - 460^max) Watt * +26%

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Power Consumption With External Monitor

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø319 (310-357)

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø227 (218-245)

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø313 (214-406)

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø215 (134.8-259)

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø281 (271-342)

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø497 (477-507)

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø555 (547-607)

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø519 (510-564)

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R9 7900X; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø94.1 (91.4-101.7)

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, R5 7600X; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø91.5 (90-97.4)

Pros

+ Modern 5 nm manufacturing

+ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X faster than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

+ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X faster than AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

+ consistently very high system performance

+ very good gaming performance

+ future-proof

+ PCI Express 5.0 support

Cons

- High power consumption

- no cooler included

Conclusion: Extremely fast but also performance hungry

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X in review: provided by AMD Germany

After more than five years in which the socket AM4 was the basis of the Ryzen processors, AMD now introduces the new socket AM5 together with the new AMD Ryzen 7000 processors. We like the change from PGA to LGA and the problem with broken-pin CPUs when removing the cooler is finally a thing of the past. This also means that the DDR4 standard is history, because Ryzen 7000 is only compatible with AM5 and DDR5. This is a step that Intel has already taken with the Alder Lake series, although it still supports DDR4 and DDR5.

In terms of performance, AMD has once again significantly increased the performance per clock (IPC). Together with the significantly higher clock rates that are now possible with the smaller 5 nm manufacturing, we record a performance increase of up to 30%. There are no major changes under the heat spreader compared to the Ryzen 5000. There are still two CCDs and an I/O die on the PCB. The I/O die is manufactured in 6 nm and offers an iGPU, which cannot be used for 3D applications with just 2 CUs.

However, we can currently state that AMD delivers a better gaming performance than Intel's Core i9-12900K with the Ryzen 9 7900X and the Ryzen 5 7600X. The Intel Core i9-12900K, which is already a year old, will be replaced in the near future, which might completely change the balance of power again. However, that is only dreams of the future for now and we are evaluating the here and now. In addition, we have not yet looked at AMD's top model, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, in this review. There is even more potential to put Intel under even more pressure.

AMD's Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 5 7600X deliver fabulous performance in all aspects. Moreover, there is a worthy successor in Socket AM5 that eradicates the known problems

As so often, the customer is spoiled for choice and has to decide which CPU he prefers. If you only want to play games, you will be very well served with an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. The 6-core CPU is fast and offers all the advantages of the new Zen 4 generation. The performance difference to the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is exceedingly small in the tested games. If you are looking for a platform for productive work or are a content creator, you will definitely be happy with the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, because the high multi-thread performance is better than that of an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X.

Prices and availability

Directly in the AMD store but the current processors can also be purchased from many well-known online stores. AMD quotes an MSRP of 669 Euros for the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. According to AMD, the entry-level model, the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, costs 359 Euros.

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The AMD Ryzen 7000 family at a glance

The test system

The Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master in detail

Processor benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X + AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs. Cinebench R15 multi-loop

Synthetic benchmarks and application performance

Game benchmarks

Gaming performance in direct comparison with Intel

Ryzen 9 7900X with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Ryzen 5 7600X with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Energy consumption

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Power Consumption With External Monitor

Pros

Cons

Conclusion: Extremely fast but also performance hungry

Prices and availability

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