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AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Ryzen 9 5950X

75 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900 with 12-cores against the 3.4 GHz Ryzen 9 5950X with 16-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
54.5
(Average)
Value Index
40.4
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5950X and 7900
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
  • Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2947 vs 2276 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 4 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 7900
vs
Ryzen 9 5950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 9 7900 +13%
1657
Ryzen 9 5950X
1464
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 464
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5693
Cinebench Scores (54th and 76th 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 7900 +29%
2947
Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 7900 +37%
17401
Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
File compression 1690 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 149.9 Klines/sec 147.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 341.4 pages/sec 224.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 481.5 Mpixels/sec 372.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 299.8 pages/sec 222.5 pages/sec
Background blur 70.3 images/sec 28.4 images/sec
Photo processing 119.8 images/sec 85 images/sec
Ray tracing 31 Mpixels/sec 38.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1146 & 741 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 9 7900 +19%
4121
Ryzen 9 5950X
3476
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 7900 +6%
48032
Ryzen 9 5950X
45260
Integer math 162.4 GOps/sec 183.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 97.2 GOps/sec 100.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 378M Primes/sec 223M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 68.5M Strings/sec 64.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 34.4 GBytes/sec 39.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 573.4 MBytes/sec 622.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3027 Frames/sec 1854 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 41.9B Matrices/sec 40.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3274 & 19398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 7900
397.08
Ryzen 9 5950X +4%
413.83

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.5 PPW 13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 267.7 PPW 121.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 739 PPW 431 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.11 PPW 3.94 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
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-12 (stream pc)Cinebench 2026456 / 4979
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-30 (DDD)Cinebench 2026464 / 5693
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Geekbench 6 CPU2259 / 12745
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Cinebench 202499 / 1448
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y)Cinebench 202497 / 1451
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 9 5950X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 10, 2023 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 13900 - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (20th and 51st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 16
P-Threads 24 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 16
Total Threads 24 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 34x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 13.1 billions 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (38th and 72nd 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
Ryzen 9 7900
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5950X
n/a
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200
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 7900 official page AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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