AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen 7 9700X
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 9700X 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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
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
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
- Newer - released 3 years and 9 months later
- Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More modern manufacturing process β 4 versus 7 nanometers
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- 47% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3331 vs 2263 points
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M
- 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 760 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 4822 |
Cinebench Scores (112th and 90th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1170 MB/sec | 1650 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 126 Klines/sec | 140.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 217.8 pages/sec | 323.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 362 Mpixels/sec | 501 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 232 pages/sec | 351.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 38.7 images/sec | 88.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 85.1 images/sec | 127.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 31.5 Mpixels/sec | 30.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 139.7 GOps/sec | 119.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 77.6 GOps/sec | 78.8 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 257M Primes/sec | 190M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 51.5M Strings/sec | 46.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 31 GBytes/sec | 21.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 498.8 MBytes/sec | 434.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1984 Frames/sec | 2214 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.1B Matrices/sec | 35.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 11.4 PPW | 20.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 121 PPW | 269.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 370.4 PPW | 568.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.02 PPW | 4.63 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-19 (D) | Cinebench 2024 | 67 / 893 |
| π 2025-11-02 (Zoli) | Cinebench 2024 | 93 / 1254 |
| π 2025-10-12 (Otamatone) | Cinebench 2024 | 92 / 981 |
| π 2025-10-08 (aref) | Cinebench 2024 | 94 / 1015 |
| π 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB) | Cinebench 2024 | 120 / 380 |
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-09 (none) | Cinebench 2026 | 705 / 4273 |
| π 2026-07-24 (NDHK) | Cinebench 2026 | 712 / 4879 |
| π 2026-05-28 (Curry) | Cinebench 2024 | 137 / 1147 |
| π 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76) | Cinebench 2026 | 779 / 5648 |
| π 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76) | Cinebench 2024 | 136 / 1323 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 7 9700XGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | October 8, 2020 | June 3, 2024 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Vermeer) | Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon 610M |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core i9 11900K | - Intel Core i7 14700K |
| Successor | - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (70th and 17th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 12 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.8 GHz | 5.5 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 38x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 64MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 4.15 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 105 W | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 142 W | 142 W |
| Socket | AM4 | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 90Β°C | 95Β°C |
| Die Size | - | 70.6 mmΒ² |
Desktop CPU ranking (83rd and 34th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon 610M |
| 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
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-3200 | - DDR5-5600 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 47.68 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page | AMD Ryzen 7 9700X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 28 |
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