AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Ryzen 7 2700X
We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X against the 3.7 GHz Ryzen 7 2700X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- Newer - released 4-years later
- Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12 nanometers
- 52% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1628 vs 1074 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- Around 7.49 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | March 15, 2022 | April 19, 2018 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Vermeer) | - |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.6 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 34x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 4.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 12 nm |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| TDP | 65 W | 105 W |
| Peak temperature | 90°C | 85°C |
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR4-2933 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 43.71 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X official page | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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