AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 7700, vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
1930
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
2016
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
18760
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
29300
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
115
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
118
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
1051
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
1559
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
4063
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
4243
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
34489
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
51477
Integer Math110.7 GOps/s169.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math66.3 GOps/s104.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Search206 M primes/s387 M primes/s
Random String Sort124.9 M strings/s74.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption23.9 GB/s37.3 GB/s
Data Compression405.9 MB/s633.8 MB/s
Physics1982 frames/s3064 frames/s
Extended Instructions1259 M matrices/s477 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
2918
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
2873
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
15543
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
18246
File Compression1630 MB/s1810 MB/s
Clang Compilation123.1 KLines/s175.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser317.5 pages/s360.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering441.8 MP/sec535.6 MP/sec
Text Processing305.3 pages/s299.8 pages/s
Background Blur68.9 frames/s52.2 frames/s
Photo Processing115.5 frames/s121.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing25.5 MP/sec39.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
276.07
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
420.06

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 239.1 PPW 107.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 530.6 PPW 302.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 16.2 PPW 9.2 PPW
Blender / W 4.25 PPW 2.47 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 10, 2023 September, 29, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 7700 n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Frequency 3.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.3 GHz 5.6 GHz
General
Cores count812
Threads count1624
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x47x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 6.57 billion 13.14 billion
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 170 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 230 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Critical temp. 95 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 DDR5-5200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 73.4 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 28

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 7900X the clear winner in this comparison.

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