AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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 7950X
2009
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
20228
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
36742
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
138
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
120
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
1299
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
2077
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
4658
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
4271
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
37223
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
62572
Integer Math120.4 GOps/s226.1 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math79.1 GOps/s138.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search191 M primes/s339 M primes/s
Random String Sort47 M strings/s98.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption21.9 GB/s49.4 GB/s
Data Compression438 MB/s837.2 MB/s
Physics2244 frames/s3109 frames/s
Extended Instructions353 M matrices/s622 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
3331
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
3068
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
17511
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
21401
File Compression1650 MB/s1960 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.9 KLines/s211.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser323.7 pages/s414.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering501 MP/sec540.6 MP/sec
Text Processing351.5 pages/s304.8 pages/s
Background Blur88.2 frames/s78.9 frames/s
Photo Processing127.3 frames/s148.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing30.6 MP/sec46.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
300.7
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
576.1

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 269.4 PPW 125.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 572.7 PPW 368.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 20 PPW 12.2 PPW
Blender / W 4.63 PPW 3.39 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced June, 3, 2024 August, 29, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Frequency 3.8 GHz 4.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.5 GHz 5.7 GHz
General
Cores count816
Threads count1632
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x45x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 8.3 billion 13.1 billion
Process tech. 4 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 DDR5-5600 DDR5-5200
Max Size 192 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 73.4 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 28

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 7950X the clear winner in this comparison.

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