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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D

76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
VS
64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9700X against the 4.2 GHz Ryzen 7 7800X3D. 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 (3)

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
43.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and 9700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3331 vs 2657 points
  • More than 6Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 9700X
vs
Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 760 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4822 4363
Cinebench Scores (90th and 124th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +14%
17511
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
15319
File compression 1650 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140.9 Klines/sec 111.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 323.7 pages/sec 331.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 501 Mpixels/sec 399 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 351.5 pages/sec 266.2 pages/sec
Background blur 88.2 images/sec 65.8 images/sec
Photo processing 127.3 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.6 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 4 & 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +8%
36956
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
34276
Integer math 119.8 GOps/sec 103.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 78.8 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 190M Primes/sec 319M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46.4M Strings/sec 46M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.7 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 434.5 MBytes/sec 384.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2214 Frames/sec 3510 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 35.1B Matrices/sec 29.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 9483 & 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 9700X +13%
300.7
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
266.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.2 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 269.4 PPW 127.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 568.6 PPW 285.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.63 PPW 2.22 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
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (none)Cinebench 2026705 / 4273
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (NDHK)Cinebench 2026712 / 4879
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-28 (Curry)Cinebench 2024137 / 1147
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2026779 / 5648
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2024136 / 1323
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt)Cinebench 2024109 / 1084
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 January 4, 2023
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 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (17th and 47th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.2 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 42x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 11.2 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 162 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 89Β°C
Die Size 70.6 mmΒ² -
Desktop CPU ranking (34th and 68th 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 7800X3D
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 7800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
    - ECC requires mobo support.

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or Ryzen 7 9700X?
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uzumymw May 14, 2026 at 08:23 PM
https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/17776737 not bad
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Jon August 1, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Where'd we even obtain the info on all these stats?
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root August 2, 2024 at 02:13 PM
Hi. In "Sources" field after each benchmarks we have the link and amount of samples, used to find the median of results.
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