AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D

63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
VS
64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16-cores against the 4.2 GHz Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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
40.4
(Average)
Value Index
43.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and 5950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More than 6Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2657 vs 2276 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 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 2026 (Single) 464 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5693 4363
Cinebench Scores (76th and 124th 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)
15319
File compression 1120 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 147.1 Klines/sec 111.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 224.5 pages/sec 331.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 372.1 Mpixels/sec 399 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.5 pages/sec 266.2 pages/sec
Background blur 28.4 images/sec 65.8 images/sec
Photo processing 85 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 38.4 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 741 & 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
45260
Integer math 183.9 GOps/sec 103.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 100.5 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 223M Primes/sec 319M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 64.9M Strings/sec 46M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.4 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 622.5 MBytes/sec 384.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1854 Frames/sec 3510 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.4B Matrices/sec 29.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 19398 & 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
413.83

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.9 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 121.2 PPW 127.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 431 PPW 285.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.94 PPW 2.22 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 5950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (stream pc)Cinebench 2026456 / 4979
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (DDD)Cinebench 2026464 / 5693
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Geekbench 6 CPU2259 / 12745
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Cinebench 202499 / 1448
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y)Cinebench 202497 / 1451
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt)Cinebench 2024109 / 1084

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 8, 2020 January 4, 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 9950X - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (51st and 47th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 42x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors 4.15 billions 11.2 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 162 W
Socket AM4 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 89Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (72nd and 68th 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

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 Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
    - ECC requires mobo support.

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