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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Ryzen 7 2700X

52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
VS
34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
AMD 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
57.1
(Average)
Value Index
16.4
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2700X and 5700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer - released 3 years and 11 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • 71% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2166 vs 1269 points
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • Around 7.49 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 5700X
vs
Ryzen 7 2700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 477 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3191 -
Cinebench Scores (#199th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +71%
2166
Ryzen 7 2700X
1269
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +59%
10313
Ryzen 7 2700X
6487
File compression 1060 MB/sec 537.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 58.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 209.4 pages/sec 135.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 307.8 Mpixels/sec 215.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 217.9 pages/sec 114.3 pages/sec
Background blur 41.4 images/sec 29.3 images/sec
Photo processing 76.8 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.6 Mpixels/sec 14 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 637 & 865 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +40%
3386
Ryzen 7 2700X
2415
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +52%
26561
Ryzen 7 2700X
17434
Integer math 92.3 GOps/sec 63.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.9 GOps/sec 32.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 117M Primes/sec 41M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.6M Strings/sec 30.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.2 GBytes/sec 16.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 323.8 MBytes/sec 266.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1325 Frames/sec 787 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.8B Matrices/sec 10.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 21736 & 13809 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 5700X +36%
205.55
Ryzen 7 2700X
150.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.8 PPW 5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 158.7 PPW 61.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 408.6 PPW 166 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.16 PPW 1.43 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekBench2275 / 10804
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-12 (kcb2)Cinebench 2026477 / 3191
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-10 (DrDimebadger)Cinebench 202692 / 771
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Max_Max_In)GeekBench2308 / 11861
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-17 (ProverbsSTR)Cinebench 202494 / 879
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-29 (Moss)Cinebench 202455 / 522
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Ryzen 7 2700X

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
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 12700K - Intel Core i7 8700K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (104th and 173rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
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
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
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 90ยฐC 85ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (101st and 164th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
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 24 20

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Total votes: 136

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Comments

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