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AMD Ryzen 7 9700F vs Ryzen 7 8700F

74 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9700F
VS
62 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
AMD Ryzen 7 9700F
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9700F against the 4.1 GHz Ryzen 7 8700F. 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
82.4
(Good)
Value Index
57.9
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8700F and 9700F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9700F
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3379 vs 2745 points
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 9700F
vs
Ryzen 7 8700F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (117th and 168th 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 9700F +23%
3379
Ryzen 7 8700F
2745
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700F +12%
16020
Ryzen 7 8700F
14313
File compression 1470 MB/sec 1450 MB/sec
Clang compilation 118.7 Klines/sec 107.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 311.6 pages/sec 288.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 474.9 Mpixels/sec 406.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 357.7 pages/sec 283.4 pages/sec
Background blur 77.5 images/sec 67.1 images/sec
Photo processing 128.8 images/sec 112.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 25.9 Mpixels/sec 24 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 100.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 62.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 98M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 45.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 378.2 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1549 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 28.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 1787 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.8 PPW 14.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 246.5 PPW 220.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 475.1 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.52 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and Ryzen 7 8700F

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 16, 2025 May 14, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number 9700F 8700F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 14700F
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 9700F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (22nd and 53rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.5 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 41x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 88 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Die Size 70.6 mm² -
Desktop CPU ranking (41st and 73rd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 9700F official page AMD Ryzen 7 8700F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Total votes: 7

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Comments

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