AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Ryzen 7 7700
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900 with 12-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 7700 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900
- Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- Newer - released 2-years later
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- 38% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2899 vs 2100 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
- 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 955.1 MB/sec | 1580 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 97.8 Klines/sec | 116.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 166.5 pages/sec | 300.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 316 Mpixels/sec | 425.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 215.5 pages/sec | 303.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 21.6 images/sec | 69.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 63.1 images/sec | 111.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 24.1 Mpixels/sec | 24.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 132.1 GOps/sec | 112.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 70.2 GOps/sec | 67.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 214M Primes/sec | 179M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 44.4M Strings/sec | 50.8M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 26.8 GBytes/sec | 24.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 417 MBytes/sec | 409.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1730 Frames/sec | 2019 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 27B Matrices/sec | 30.7B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 7700General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | January 10, 2023 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Vermeer) | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 12 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.0 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz | 5.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 30x | 38x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 6.57 billions |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 142 W |
| Socket | AM4 | AM5 |
| Peak temperature | 95°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 1500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 448 |
| TMUs | - | 8 |
| ROPs | - | 4 |
| Execution Units | - | 2 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - DDR4-3200 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 73.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 9 5900 official page | AMD Ryzen 7 7700 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 28 |
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