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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Ryzen 7 2700X

76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
VS
34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 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
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Power Efficiency
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
83.3
(Good)
Value Index
16.4
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2700X and 9700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
  • Newer - released 6 years and 2 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 12 nanometers
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 2.6x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3331 vs 1269 points
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 45.89 GB/s (105%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 28% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 9700X
vs
Ryzen 7 2700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 7 9700X +152%
1313
Ryzen 7 2700X
522
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 760 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4822 -
Cinebench Scores (#90th 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 9700X +162%
3331
Ryzen 7 2700X
1269
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +170%
17511
Ryzen 7 2700X
6487
File compression 1650 MB/sec 537.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140.9 Klines/sec 58.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 323.7 pages/sec 135.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 501 Mpixels/sec 215.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 351.5 pages/sec 114.3 pages/sec
Background blur 88.2 images/sec 29.3 images/sec
Photo processing 127.3 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.6 Mpixels/sec 14 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 4 & 865 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +92%
4643
Ryzen 7 2700X
2415
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +112%
36956
Ryzen 7 2700X
17434
Integer math 119.8 GOps/sec 63.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 78.8 GOps/sec 32.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 190M Primes/sec 41M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46.4M Strings/sec 30.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.7 GBytes/sec 16.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 434.5 MBytes/sec 266.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2214 Frames/sec 787 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 35.1B Matrices/sec 10.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 9483 & 13809 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 9700X +100%
300.7
Ryzen 7 2700X
150.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.2 PPW 5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 269.4 PPW 61.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 568.6 PPW 166 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.63 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 9700X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 (none)Cinebench 2026705 / 4273
📘 2026-07-24 (NDHK)Cinebench 2026712 / 4879
📘 2026-05-28 (Curry)Cinebench 2024137 / 1147
📘 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2026779 / 5648
📘 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2024136 / 1323
Add View all (37)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-08-29 (Moss)Cinebench 202455 / 522
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 2700X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 April 19, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) -
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 14700K - Intel Core i7 8700K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (17th and 173rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.5 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 37x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95°C 85°C
Die Size 70.6 mm² -
Desktop CPU ranking (33rd and 165th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 2 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 9700X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 2700X
n/a
See: Radeon 610M benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 9700X official page AMD Ryzen 7 2700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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