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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Ryzen 7 7700X

76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9700X against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7 7700X. 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 (5)

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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
83.3
(Good)
Value Index
82.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700X and 9700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3331 vs 2931 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 9700X
vs
Ryzen 7 7700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 7 9700X +19%
1313
Ryzen 7 7700X
1104
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 760 619
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4822 4481
Cinebench Scores (90th and 131st 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 +14%
3331
Ryzen 7 7700X
2931
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +13%
17511
Ryzen 7 7700X
15478
File compression 1650 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140.9 Klines/sec 120.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 323.7 pages/sec 298 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 501 Mpixels/sec 437.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 351.5 pages/sec 300.6 pages/sec
Background blur 88.2 images/sec 72.1 images/sec
Photo processing 127.3 images/sec 114.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.6 Mpixels/sec 26.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 4 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +11%
4643
Ryzen 7 7700X
4176
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +4%
36956
Ryzen 7 7700X
35487
Integer math 119.8 GOps/sec 111.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 78.8 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 190M Primes/sec 177M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46.4M Strings/sec 49.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.7 GBytes/sec 24.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 434.5 MBytes/sec 418.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2214 Frames/sec 1980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 35.1B Matrices/sec 31.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 9483 & 9568 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 9700X +6%
300.7
Ryzen 7 7700X
284.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.2 PPW 10.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 269.4 PPW 147.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 568.6 PPW 338 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.63 PPW 2.71 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-09 (none)Cinebench 2026705 / 4273
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-24 (NDHK)Cinebench 2026712 / 4879
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-28 (Curry)Cinebench 2024137 / 1147
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2026779 / 5648
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2024136 / 1323
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-11 (ankan_001)GeekBench3068 / 16420
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)GeekBench3011 / 15732
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Cinebench 2026634 / 4679
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-10 (darkV0R4X)Cinebench 2026521 / 3583
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-01 (EMPEROR)Cinebench 2026619 / 4481
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 7700X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 14700K - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (17th and 39th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 45x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Die Size 70.6 mmยฒ -
Desktop CPU ranking (34th and 53rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 128 128
TMUs 8 8
ROPs 4 4
Execution Units 2 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 9700X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7700X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Radeon 610M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 9700X official page AMD Ryzen 7 7700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X or Ryzen 7 9700X?
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Emperor August 7, 2026 at 08:27 PM
65W TDP ๐Ÿ˜ฎ Insane ๐Ÿ—ฟ
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Sadlad December 26, 2024 at 07:37 PM
I wish I were able to buy one , maybe in another life.
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Raj July 23, 2025 at 07:14 AM
Don't worry one day you will in this generation only.
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Terry_tinkle_toez October 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Raj, R5 9600x and rx 9070 16gb Or R7 9700x and rx 9070 xt
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Brutal_Bay December 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Terry_tinkle_toez, What is even your question? 9700X and 9070 XT is obviously better and more expensive. Maybe you meant 9600X and 9070 XT or 9700X and 9070. Then the 9600X if your primary and main function is gaming and if not then 9700X because it does improve the multi core performance decently for nongaming proposes.
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