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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is a fast high-end desktop processor of the Raphael series. It offers 12 cores based on the Zen 4 architecture that supports hyperthreading (24 threads). The cores clock from 4.7 (base) up to 5.7 GHz (single core boost). When all 12 cores are fully loaded, 5.1 GHz is the max. clock speed. The 7900X is the second fastest Ryzen at launch, only bested by the Ryzen 9 7950X with 4 more cores.

The performance of the R9 7900X is clearly better than the old Ryzen 9 5900X thanks to the improved architecture and modern 5nm process. Compared to Intels Raptor Lake Core i9-13700K the single-core performance is slightly lower and the multi-core performance slightly faster. The gaming performance is a bit lower, and is on average only on par with the Core i5-13600K and also lower than the old Ryzen 7 5800X3D.

The Raphael series still uses a chiplet design with two CCD-clusters (each with 8 possible cores) in 5nm and an IO-die (including the memory controller and the Radeon Graphics iGPU) in 6nm.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

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The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is a desktop processor with 8 cores and simultaneous multithreading (SMT), which means it can process 16 threads simultaneously. In April 2022, AMD presented the Ryzen 7 5700X, a new 8-core processor that is very similar to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. However, due to the lower TDP, there are no restrictions on the clock frequency. Nevertheless, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X reaches up to 4.6 GHz in boost, which is only 100 MHz less than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. However, the base clock drops significantly to 3.4 GHz.

The performance of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is consistently excellent in all applications. The native 8-core can really show off its strengths, especially in multi-threaded applications, although the single-core performance has also been significantly improved compared to the older Zen 2 architecture.

The internal structure of the processor is similar to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. The CCX modules are also connected to each other via the I/O die, which we already know from Zen2. However, according to AMD, the Infinity Fabric should now achieve clock rates of up to 2 GHz, which in turn enables a RAM clock rate of 4,000 MHz without any loss of performance.

In terms of manufacturing processes, AMD also relies on TSCM for the 7nm production of the CPU cores in the Vermeer processors, although the I/O die is still supplied in 12 nm by Globalfoundries.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is impressive in gaming thanks to the significantly improved IPC compared to Zen2. In terms of power consumption, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X impresses with its low TDP of just 65 watts. This means that the processor can also be operated with a compact air cooler without any problems. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is operated with a TDP of 105 watts.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

► remove from comparison AMD R9 7950X3D

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is a high-end desktop processor of the Raphael series with 16 cores and SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading), which means it can process up to 32 threads simultaneously. With the release in February 2023, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D is AMD's fastest consumer processor and the new top model of the 7000 series. The CPU cores clock from 4.2 GHz (base clock) up to 5.7 GHz (single core Turbo). In addition, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a CCD with 8 cores that can access the fast 3D V-cache, which offers considerably more gaming performance.

The performance of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is consistently excellent in all applications tested. In addition, AMD was again able to increase the single-thread performance compared to the non-X3D models. Nevertheless, the lower base clock compared to the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X means that a small drop in multi-thread performance has to be accepted.

The internal structure of the processor is comparable to the previous AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is also still based on the chiplet design consisting of two CCD clusters with 8 cores each. However, the two CCDs differ significantly from each other because one offers the fast 3D V-Cache, which primarily improves gaming performance. In testing, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D was able to put the Intel Core i9-13900K in second place and is the fastest gaming CPU on the market at the time of testing. 

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is an extremely energy-efficient CPU with up to 162 watts (PPT) and is significantly more frugal under load than an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (max. 230 watts).

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 7900XAMD Ryzen 7 5700XAMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
CodenameRaphael (Zen4)Vermeer (Zen 3)Raphael (Zen4)
SeriesAMD Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000)AMD Vermeer (Ryzen 5000)AMD Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000)
Series: Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000) Raphael (Zen4)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D4.2 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X « 4.7 - 5.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 79003.7 - 5.4 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X4.5 - 5.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 77003.8 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D4.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores96 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X4.7 - 5.3 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 76003.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X3.4 - 4.9 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3.8 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X « 3.4 - 4.6 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3.7 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D « 4.2 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X4.7 - 5.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 79003.7 - 5.4 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X4.5 - 5.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 77003.8 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D4.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores96 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X4.7 - 5.3 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 76003.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
Clock4700 - 5600 MHz3400 - 4600 MHz4200 - 5700 MHz
L1 Cache768 KB512 KB1 MB
L2 Cache12 MB4 MB16 MB
L3 Cache64 MB32 MB128 MB
Cores / Threads12 / 248 / 1616 / 32
16 x 5.7 GHz AMD Zen 4
TDP170 Watt65 Watt120 Watt
TransistorsCCD: 6,5 Mrd + IOD: 3,4 Mrd Million13140 Million
Technology5 nm (CCD), 6 nm (I/O) nm7 nm5 nm
Voltage0.650 - 1.475V V
Die Size2x 70 (CCD) mm2 + 122 (I/O) mm22 x 74 sq. mm; I/O = 125 sq. mm mm2263 mm2
max. Temp.95 °C90 °C89 °C
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)1331AM5 (LGA 1718)
FeaturesMMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, XFR2, Precision Boost 2
iGPUAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) (400 - 2200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
$299 U.S.$699 U.S.
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 7900X
48.1 pt (80%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 5700X
37.8 pt (63%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 7950X3D
49.9 pt (83%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 28925     avg: 29289     median: 29300 (27%)     max: 29628 Points
13184 Points (12%)
36291 Points (34%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 2012     avg: 2020     median: 2016.5 (85%)     max: 2039 Points
1499 Points (63%)
2053 Points (86%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 780     avg: 783     median: 782.5 (85%)     max: 787 Points
595 Points (65%)
795 Points (87%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 11353     avg: 11474     median: 11471.5 (28%)     max: 11623 Points
5405 Points (13%)
14188 Points (35%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 4753     avg: 4818     median: 4820.5 (30%)     max: 4856 Points
2329 Points (15%)
5974 Points (38%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 319     avg: 322.2     median: 323 (89%)     max: 325 Points
253 Points (70%)
326 Points (90%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 53.91     avg: 54.6     median: 54.7 (71%)     max: 55.26 Points
26.5 Points (34%)
64.6 Points (84%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 3.78     avg: 3.8     median: 3.8 (91%)     max: 3.85 Points
2.9 Points (70%)
3.9 Points (92%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 8465     avg: 8658     median: 8623 (52%)     max: 8858 Points
6527 Points (39%)
16551 Points (100%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 67036     avg: 68658     median: 68579.5 (50%)     max: 70741 Points
42876 Points (31%)
138015 Points (100%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 121250     avg: 126872     median: 125768 (80%)     max: 134469 Points
74898 Points (48%)
72361 Points (46%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 16151     avg: 16234     median: 16246 (20%)     max: 16338 Points
12419 Points (15%)
8853 Points (11%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 39.576     avg: 40.4     median: 40.3 (0%)     max: 41.122 s
89.6 s (1%)
33.9 s (0%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 1.781     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (0%)     max: 1.872 s
3.4 s (1%)
2 s (0%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
17225 Points (27%)
12478 Points (20%)
15779 Points (25%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 124975     avg: 127080     median: 127195 (73%)     max: 129087 MIPS
65777 MIPS (38%)
159341 MIPS (91%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 8252     avg: 8280     median: 8269 (97%)     max: 8345 MIPS
6522 MIPS (77%)
8321 MIPS (98%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
241 fps (81%)
134.7 fps (45%)
265.5 fps (89%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
376 fps (87%)
305 fps (70%)
392.5 fps (91%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 36.2     avg: 36.8     median: 36.9 (65%)     max: 37.1 fps
17.1 fps (30%)
42.4 fps (75%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.5 GB/s (44%)
1.2 GB/s (35%)
2.8 GB/s (82%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2.8 GB/s (48%)
1.9 GB/s (33%)
4.2 GB/s (72%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
14.8 GB/s (39%)
13.4 GB/s (35%)
26.9 GB/s (70%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 165     avg: 166.4     median: 166 (2%)     max: 168 Seconds
374 Seconds (5%)
133 Seconds (2%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 105     avg: 106.2     median: 106 (1%)     max: 107 Seconds
221 Seconds (2%)
86 Seconds (1%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.3643     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (8%)     max: 0.3758 sec
0.5 sec (10%)
0.4 sec (8%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 20439     avg: 21223     median: 21284 (45%)     max: 21659 Points
14862 Points (32%)
20279 Points (43%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
6.1 s (1%)
9.5 s (2%)
6.1 s (1%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
13.3 s (1%)
20.4 s (1%)
13.2 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
313.4 s (1%)
460.7 s (2%)
305.1 s (1%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 82063     avg: 100438     median: 102019 (78%)     max: 102765 Points
77709 Points (60%)
99321 Points (76%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 26455     avg: 27800     median: 27731 (68%)     max: 28963 Points
20010 Points (49%)
36991 Points (91%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 96003     avg: 102745     median: 103232 (84%)     max: 105350 Points
90009 Points (73%)
86389 Points (70%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 97281     avg: 102964     median: 103220 (84%)     max: 106230 Points
90305 Points (73%)
86306 Points (70%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 94657     avg: 102993     median: 101826 (84%)     max: 108551 Points
92849 Points (77%)
87725 Points (73%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 25631     avg: 26260     median: 26310.5 (67%)     max: 26732 Points
20598 Points (52%)
26168 Points (66%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 40436     avg: 42329     median: 42325 (75%)     max: 43200 Points
27800 Points (50%)
44787 Points (80%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 13634     avg: 15940     median: 15959.5 (67%)     max: 16721 Points
10432 Points (44%)
17206 Points (73%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
2990 Points (75%)
2186 Points (55%)
2990 Points (75%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
18300 Points (71%)
9331 Points (36%)
19960 Points (77%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
2100 Points (67%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
9252 Points (38%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2274     avg: 2290     median: 2294 (90%)     max: 2297 Points
1647 Points (64%)
2311 Points (90%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 19987     avg: 20553     median: 20667.5 (37%)     max: 20799 Points
9353 Points (17%)
24343 Points (44%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2183     avg: 2195     median: 2196 (10%)     max: 2201 Points
1587 Points (7%)
2183 Points (9%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 19975     avg: 20532     median: 20658 (65%)     max: 20765 Points
9214 Points (29%)
23720 Points (75%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 9193     avg: 9260     median: 9275 (93%)     max: 9311 Points
6928 Points (69%)
9240 Points (92%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 74731     avg: 76662     median: 77033 (77%)     max: 77769 Points
37730 Points (38%)
87922 Points (88%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 431     avg: 438     median: 440 (1%)     max: 441 ms
579 ms (1%)
437 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 300     avg: 305.8     median: 304.5 (84%)     max: 314 Points
236 Points (65%)
313 Points (86%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 371     avg: 383.8     median: 383 (69%)     max: 395 Points
310 Points (56%)
383 Points (69%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 2315     avg: 2370     median: 2370 (89%)     max: 2408 Points
1423 Points (53%)
2193 Points (82%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
319 Watt (55%)
185.9 Watt (32%)
276 Watt (48%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
313 Watt (57%)
155.2 Watt (28%)
273 Watt (50%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
94.1 Watt (62%)
40.9 Watt (27%)
118.4 Watt (78%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
15.5 Points per Watt (12%)
15 Points per Watt (11%)
21.9 Points per Watt (16%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 7900X → 100% n=50

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 5700X → 67% n=50

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D → 111% n=50

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