AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Ryzen 7 7700

75 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
VS
67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900 with 12-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 7700 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
54.5
(Average)
Value Index
62.9
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700 and 7900
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 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)
1657
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 569
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3635
Cinebench Scores (54th and 144th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2947
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17401
15543
File compression 1690 MB/sec 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation 149.9 Klines/sec 123.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 341.4 pages/sec 317.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 481.5 Mpixels/sec 441.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 299.8 pages/sec 305.3 pages/sec
Background blur 70.3 images/sec 68.9 images/sec
Photo processing 119.8 images/sec 115.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 31 Mpixels/sec 25.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1146 & 439 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4121
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
48032
34322
Integer math 162.4 GOps/sec 109.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 97.2 GOps/sec 66 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 378M Primes/sec 179M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 68.5M Strings/sec 48.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 34.4 GBytes/sec 23.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 573.4 MBytes/sec 403.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 3027 Frames/sec 1948 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 41.9B Matrices/sec 30.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3274 & 6714 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
397.08
276.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.5 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 267.7 PPW 239.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 739 PPW 528 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.11 PPW 4.25 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 7900
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-03-17 (A_Nobody)Cinebench 2024120 / 1657
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Arif Ahmed)Cinebench 2026583 / 3839
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-23 (icejay08)Cinebench 2026569 / 3635
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-30 (Trawkie)Cinebench 2024117 / 1166
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-31 (yo754)Cinebench 2024116 / 1087
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-27 (Gene Gulanes)Cinebench 2024117 / 1162

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 10, 2023 January 10, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number - 7700
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 13900 - Intel Core i7 13700
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (20th and 42nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 24 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 38x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 13.1 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (38th and 57th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 128 128
TMUs 8 8
ROPs 4 4
Execution Units 2 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7900 official page AMD Ryzen 7 7700 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 or Ryzen 9 7900?
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MARIO GATIEN January 5, 2024 at 01:44 PM
The best feature to increase speed would be a CPU that supports 6400MHz memory. So, for now, I would choose the lowest cost CPU, waiting for the right CPU that supports the significant speed of 6400MHz memory.
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