AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
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 9900X
2232
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
1785
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
33042
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
18193
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
134
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
110
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
1740
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
1047
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
4682
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
3756
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
54814
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
34271
Integer Math181.6 GOps/s103.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math120.4 GOps/s61.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search433 M primes/s325 M primes/s
Random String Sort72.5 M strings/s44.8 M strings/s
Data Encryption33.5 GB/s22.4 GB/s
Data Compression686.1 MB/s384.6 MB/s
Physics3397 frames/s3527 frames/s
Extended Instructions554 M matrices/s291 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
3340
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
2657
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
19543
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
15319
File Compression1510 MB/s1710 MB/s
Clang Compilation191.4 KLines/s111.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser361.8 pages/s331.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering534 MP/sec399 MP/sec
Text Processing350.5 pages/s266.2 pages/s
Background Blur82.7 frames/s65.8 frames/s
Photo Processing118.4 frames/s117 frames/s
Ray Tracing45.5 MP/sec22.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
454.53
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
266.61

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 162.9 PPW 127.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 456.8 PPW 285.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.5 PPW 8.7 PPW
Blender / W 3.79 PPW 2.22 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced June, 3, 2024 January, 4, 2023
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Frequency 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.6 GHz 5 GHz
General
Cores count128
Threads count2416
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier44x42x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total96 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 11.2 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 120 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 162 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Critical temp. 95 °C 89 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 DDR5-5200
Max Size 192 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 28

Note

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D:

ECC requires mobo support.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 9900X the clear winner in this comparison.

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