AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 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 9700X
2213
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1568
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
20228
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
20634
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
138
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
93
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
1299
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1268
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
4658
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3470
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
37223
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39047
Integer Math120.4 GOps/s141.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math79.1 GOps/s77.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search191 M primes/s257 M primes/s
Random String Sort47 M strings/s51.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption21.9 GB/s31.2 GB/s
Data Compression438 MB/s500.6 MB/s
Physics2244 frames/s1998 frames/s
Extended Instructions353 M matrices/s331 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
3331
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
2263
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
17511
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12701
File Compression1650 MB/s1170 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.9 KLines/s126 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser323.7 pages/s217.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering501 MP/sec362 MP/sec
Text Processing351.5 pages/s232 pages/s
Background Blur88.2 frames/s38.7 frames/s
Photo Processing127.3 frames/s85.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing30.6 MP/sec31.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
300.7
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
316.84

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 269.4 PPW 121 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 572.7 PPW 371.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 20 PPW 12.1 PPW
Blender / W 4.63 PPW 3.02 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced June, 3, 2024 October, 8, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.5 GHz 4.8 GHz
General
Cores count812
Threads count1624
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x37x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 8.3 billion 4.15 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 105 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM4
Critical temp. 95 °C 90 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 9700X the clear winner in this comparison.

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