AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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 7800X3D
1785
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1568
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
18193
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
20634
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
110
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
93
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
1047
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1268
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
3756
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3470
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
34271
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39047
Integer Math103.8 GOps/s141.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math61.5 GOps/s77.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search325 M primes/s257 M primes/s
Random String Sort44.8 M strings/s51.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption22.4 GB/s31.2 GB/s
Data Compression384.6 MB/s500.6 MB/s
Physics3527 frames/s1998 frames/s
Extended Instructions291 M matrices/s331 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
2657
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
2263
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
15319
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12701
File Compression1710 MB/s1170 MB/s
Clang Compilation111.9 KLines/s126 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser331.1 pages/s217.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering399 MP/sec362 MP/sec
Text Processing266.2 pages/s232 pages/s
Background Blur65.8 frames/s38.7 frames/s
Photo Processing117 frames/s85.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing22.9 MP/sec31.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
266.61
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
316.84

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 127.7 PPW 121 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 285.6 PPW 371.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 8.7 PPW 12.1 PPW
Blender / W 2.22 PPW 3.02 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 4, 2023 October, 8, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Frequency 4.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5 GHz 4.8 GHz
General
Cores count812
Threads count1624
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier42x37x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache96 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count 11.2 billion 4.15 billion
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 105 W
Max TDP (Boost) 162 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM4
Critical temp. 89 °C 90 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Note

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D:

ECC requires mobo support.

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