New AMD Ryzen 7 5700X benchmarks showcase stellar performance

Despite the Zen 4 launch date being around the corner, AMD decided to launch several new processors on the Zen 3 architecture. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D was the proverbial star of the show, thanks to the copious amount of L3 cache it packs. Its younger sibling, the Ryzen 7 5700X, is quite impressive, too, according to some new benchmarks.

The eight-core, sixteen-thread Ryzen 7 5700X scored 1,634/1,645 on Geekbench's single-core test and 10,179/10,196 on the multi-core test. This is within spitting distance of the Ryzen 7 5800X, which stands at 1,673 and 11,246. Then again, this was to be expected as both SKUs are nearly identical, with the Ryzen 7 5800X featuring slightly higher clock speeds and the Ryzen 7 5700X drawing only 65W of power.

However, Geekbench isn't one of the most computationally intensive benchmarks. While the Ryzen 7 5700X (worth US$300) could trade blows with its pricier sibling Ryzen 7 5800X (US$450) on Geekbench, the difference between the two could be broader in other applications. Exactly how much performance the extra US$150 gets remains to be seen.

The Ryzen 7 5700X's relatively affordable price tag makes it a viable contender against the newly-crowned king of mid-range processors, the Intel Core i5-12600K. While the Alder Lake part could still have an advantage in single-core performance thanks to Intel's new and improved Golden Cove cores, the Ryzen 7 5800X manages to keep up with it in gaming, and the Ryzen 7 5700X should be able to do so, too. 

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