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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen 7 5700X

59 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12-cores against the 3.4 GHz Ryzen 7 5700X with 8-cores. 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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VS
54.4
(Average)
Value Index
57.1
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5700X and 5900X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
  • Around 3.52 GB/s (7%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 5900X
vs
Ryzen 7 5700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 477
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3191
Cinebench Scores (112th and 200th 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 9 5900X +23%
12701
Ryzen 7 5700X
10313
File compression 1170 MB/sec 1060 MB/sec
Clang compilation 126 Klines/sec 78.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 217.8 pages/sec 209.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 362 Mpixels/sec 307.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 232 pages/sec 217.9 pages/sec
Background blur 38.7 images/sec 41.4 images/sec
Photo processing 85.1 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 31.5 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 441 & 637 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 5900X +46%
38888
Ryzen 7 5700X
26561
Integer math 139.7 GOps/sec 92.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 77.6 GOps/sec 51.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 257M Primes/sec 117M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 51.5M Strings/sec 33.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 31 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 498.8 MBytes/sec 323.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1984 Frames/sec 1325 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 33.1B Matrices/sec 21.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 27058 & 21736 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 5900X +54%
316.84
Ryzen 7 5700X
205.55

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 121 PPW 158.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 370.4 PPW 408.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.02 PPW 3.16 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 9 5900X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-19 (D)Cinebench 202467 / 893
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Zoli)Cinebench 202493 / 1254
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Otamatone)Cinebench 202492 / 981
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (aref)Cinebench 202494 / 1015
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB)Cinebench 2024120 / 380
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Batti)Cinebench 20261525 / 14346
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekbench 6 CPU2275 / 10804
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (kcb2)Cinebench 2026477 / 3191
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (DrDimebadger)Cinebench 202692 / 771
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Max_Max_In)Geekbench 6 CPU2308 / 11861
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 7 5700X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 8, 2020 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 11900K - Intel Core i7 12700K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (70th and 104th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 24 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 34x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 4.15 billions -
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 88 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 90Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (83rd and 102nd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page AMD Ryzen 7 5700X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 24

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Comments

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