AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen 7 7800X

59 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
VS
67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12-cores against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7 7800X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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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Currency
VS
54.4
(Average)
Value Index
41.1
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X and 5900X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
  • Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (112th and 101st place)

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)
File compression 1170 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 126 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 217.8 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 362 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 232 pages/sec -
Background blur 38.7 images/sec -
Photo processing 85.1 images/sec -
Ray tracing 31.5 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1] โ€“ 441 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 139.7 GOps/sec 41.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 77.6 GOps/sec 25.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 257M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 51.5M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 31 GBytes/sec 4.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 498.8 MBytes/sec 185.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1984 Frames/sec 813 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 33.1B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] โ€“ 27058 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 12.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 121 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 370.4 PPW -
Blender / Watt 3.02 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-19 (D)Cinebench 202467 / 893
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Zoli)Cinebench 202493 / 1254
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Otamatone)Cinebench 202492 / 981
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-08 (aref)Cinebench 202494 / 1015
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB)Cinebench 2024120 / 380
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 7 7800X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 8, 2020 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)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 11900K - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (70th and 43rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 24 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 45x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) -
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 40MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 4.15 billions -
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W -
Socket AM4 AM5
Peak Temperature 90ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (83rd and 58th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
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
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes -

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X:
    - This CPU was never released for the retail market.

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Total votes: 32

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