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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Ryzen 7 9700X

63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
VS
76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16-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.

  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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Currency
VS
40.4
(Average)
Value Index
83.3
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9700X and 5950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
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 – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 46% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3331 vs 2276 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 5950X
vs
Ryzen 7 9700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 9 5950X +12%
1464
Ryzen 7 9700X
1313
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 464 760
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5693 4822
Cinebench Scores (76th and 90th 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)
Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Ryzen 7 9700X +46%
3331
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
Ryzen 7 9700X +38%
17511
File compression 1120 MB/sec 1650 MB/sec
Clang compilation 147.1 Klines/sec 140.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 224.5 pages/sec 323.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 372.1 Mpixels/sec 501 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.5 pages/sec 351.5 pages/sec
Background blur 28.4 images/sec 88.2 images/sec
Photo processing 85 images/sec 127.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 38.4 Mpixels/sec 30.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 741 & 4 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 9 5950X
3476
Ryzen 7 9700X +34%
4643
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 5950X +22%
45260
Ryzen 7 9700X
36956
Integer math 183.9 GOps/sec 119.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 100.5 GOps/sec 78.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 223M Primes/sec 190M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 64.9M Strings/sec 46.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.4 GBytes/sec 21.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 622.5 MBytes/sec 434.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1854 Frames/sec 2214 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.4B Matrices/sec 35.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 19398 & 9483 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 5950X +38%
413.83
Ryzen 7 9700X
300.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.9 PPW 20.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 121.2 PPW 269.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 431 PPW 568.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.94 PPW 4.63 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
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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (none)Cinebench 2026705 / 4273
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (NDHK)Cinebench 2026712 / 4879
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-28 (Curry)Cinebench 2024137 / 1147
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2026779 / 5648
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2024136 / 1323
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 9700X

General

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 9950X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (51st and 17th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 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 95Β°C 95Β°C
Die Size - 70.6 mmΒ²
Desktop CPU ranking (72nd 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
Ryzen 9 5950X
n/a
Ryzen 7 9700X
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 610M benchmarks

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 5950X official page AMD Ryzen 7 9700X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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