AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Ryzen 7 7800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16-cores against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7 7800X with 10-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
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

What are the key differences between 7800X and 5950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 24576 KB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
  • Newer - released 2-years and 3-months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1976
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
26069

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 1090 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 137.4 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 225.5 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 349.4 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 191.7 pages/sec -
Background blur 51.9 images/sec -
Photo processing 84.2 images/sec -
Ray tracing 37.7 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 189.7 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 100.2 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 238M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 66.5M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 40 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 628.9 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1916 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 40.4B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3]

Value for money

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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 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)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 10
P-Threads 32 20
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 32 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 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
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
1.43 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official site AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X or Ryzen 9 5950X?
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