AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 7900, vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 7900 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 9 7900
1959
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
2009
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
24444
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
36742
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
116
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
120
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
2119
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
2077
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
4142
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
4271
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
48540
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
62572
Integer Math165.2 GOps/s226.1 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math98.4 GOps/s138.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search381 M primes/s339 M primes/s
Random String Sort68.5 M strings/s98.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption34.9 GB/s49.4 GB/s
Data Compression581 MB/s837.2 MB/s
Physics3060 frames/s3109 frames/s
Extended Instructions425 M matrices/s622 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
2947
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
3068
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
17401
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
21401
File Compression1690 MB/s1960 MB/s
Clang Compilation149.9 KLines/s211.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s414.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering481.5 MP/sec540.6 MP/sec
Text Processing299.8 pages/s304.8 pages/s
Background Blur70.3 frames/s78.9 frames/s
Photo Processing119.8 frames/s148.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing31 MP/sec46.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
397.08
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
576.1

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 267.7 PPW 125.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 746.8 PPW 368.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 32.6 PPW 12.2 PPW
Blender / W 6.11 PPW 3.39 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 10, 2023 August, 29, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 16
Threads 24 32
Frequency 3.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 5.7 GHz
General
Cores count1216
Threads count2432
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier37x45x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 13.1 billion 13.1 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 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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