AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Ryzen 7 7800X

75 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
VS
67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12-cores against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7 7800X 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
74.3
(Good)
Value Index
41.1
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X and 7900X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.4 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)
1522
Cinebench Scores (65th and 101st 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)
File compression 1810 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 175.1 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 360.8 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 535.6 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 299.8 pages/sec -
Background blur 52.2 images/sec -
Photo processing 121.8 images/sec -
Ray tracing 39.1 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 1096 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 168.1 GOps/sec 41.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 103.5 GOps/sec 25.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 389M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 74.8M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 37.1 GBytes/sec 4.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 629.8 MBytes/sec 185.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3046 Frames/sec 813 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 47.4B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 9482 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 12.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 107.3 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 301.3 PPW -
Blender / Watt 2.47 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 7900X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-03 (afroman420IU)Cinebench 2024110 / 1302
📘 2026-02-11 (JDM)Cinebench 2024134 / 1165
📘 2025-12-27 (Avvy)Geekbench 6 CPU3320 / 14480
📘 2025-12-20 (Kev)Cinebench 2024120 / 1541
📘 2025-10-18 (NotHere3573)Cinebench 2024119 / 1550
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 7 7800X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 29, 2022 January 10, 2023
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)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 13900K - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (21st and 43rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 24 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 47x 45x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) -
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 40MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 13.14 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 170 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 230 W -
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (39th and 58th 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 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support Yes -

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7900X official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X:
    - This CPU was never released for the retail market.

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Total votes: 16

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