AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D vs Ryzen 9 7900

We compared two 12-core desktop CPUs: the 4.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D against the 3.7 GHz Ryzen 9 7900. 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 7900 and 7900X3D
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
  • Has 65536 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
  • More than 6° C higher critical temperature
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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)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
27838
24529

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)
18037
17705
File compression 1810 MB/sec 1670 MB/sec
Clang compilation 162.5 Klines/sec 170.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 350.5 pages/sec 338.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 489.7 Mpixels/sec 478.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 287.4 pages/sec 295.3 pages/sec
Background blur 64.8 images/sec 70.4 images/sec
Photo processing 117.8 images/sec 114.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 36 Mpixels/sec 37.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
50740
49350
Integer math 160.6 GOps/sec 167.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 98 GOps/sec 99.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 445M Primes/sec 373M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 75.1M Strings/sec 73.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 35.2 GBytes/sec 35.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 596.2 MBytes/sec 585.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 4712 Frames/sec 3122 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 44.8B Matrices/sec 42.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Value for money

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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D and Ryzen 9 7900

General

Vendor AMD AMD
Released January 4, 2023 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)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 12
P-Threads 24 24
Base Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 44x 37x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 128MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier - Yes

Package

Transistors 13.1 billions 13.1 billions
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 120 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 162 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak temperature 89°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
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official site AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D official page AMD Ryzen 9 7900 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 9 7900 or Ryzen 9 7900X3D?
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