AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Ryzen 7 7700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900 with 12-cores against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7 7700X 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
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 7700X and 7900
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
  • Has 32768 KB larger L3 cache size
  • Has 4 more physical cores
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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)
1968
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
24404

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3044
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17705
File compression 1670 MB/sec 1650 MB/sec
Clang compilation 170.3 Klines/sec 128.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.4 pages/sec 306 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 478.7 Mpixels/sec 460.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 295.3 pages/sec 312.8 pages/sec
Background blur 70.4 images/sec 76.5 images/sec
Photo processing 114.2 images/sec 118 images/sec
Ray tracing 37.5 Mpixels/sec 27.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4260
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
49350
Integer math 167.4 GOps/sec 114.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 99.3 GOps/sec 69.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 373M Primes/sec 192M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 73.1M Strings/sec 52.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 35.4 GBytes/sec 25.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 585.5 MBytes/sec 424.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 3122 Frames/sec 2025 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 42.4B Matrices/sec 32.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Value for money

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Specifications

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

General

Vendor AMD AMD
Released January 10, 2023 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 24 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 45x
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 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak temperature 95°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 448 448
TMUs 8 8
ROPs 4 4
Execution Units 2 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.43 TFLOPS
1.43 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. 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 7700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Total votes: 38

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X or Ryzen 9 7900?
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