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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D vs Ryzen 9 7900X

76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
VS
75 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

We compared two 12-core desktop CPUs: the 4.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D against the 4.7 GHz Ryzen 9 7900X. 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 (3)

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
22.0
(Mediocre)
Value Index
74.3
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7900X and 7900X3D
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
  • More than 6Β° C higher critical temperature

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
vs
Ryzen 9 7900X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (62nd and 65th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1710 MB/sec 1810 MB/sec
Clang compilation 170.3 Klines/sec 175.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 353.7 pages/sec 360.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 495.8 Mpixels/sec 535.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301.6 pages/sec 299.8 pages/sec
Background blur 68.4 images/sec 52.2 images/sec
Photo processing 118.8 images/sec 121.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 36.7 Mpixels/sec 39.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1194 & 1096 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
50199
Ryzen 9 7900X +2%
51226
Integer math 160 GOps/sec 168.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 96.9 GOps/sec 103.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 442M Primes/sec 389M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 70.9M Strings/sec 74.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 35.2 GBytes/sec 37.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 592.1 MBytes/sec 629.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 4704 Frames/sec 3046 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 44.5B Matrices/sec 47.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2330 & 9482 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
400.33
Ryzen 9 7900X +5%
420.06

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.7 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 152.3 PPW 107.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 418.3 PPW 301.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.34 PPW 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 7900X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-24 (Alban)Cinebench 2024124 / 1627
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-09 (hase)Cinebench 2024123 / 1674
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-20 (mdee2u04)Cinebench 2024117 / 1534
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-03 (Vancalar)Cinebench 2024115 / 1484
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-14 (RealSoulskater)Cinebench 2024114 / 1583
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (afroman420IU)Cinebench 2024110 / 1302
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-11 (JDM)Cinebench 2024134 / 1165
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 (Avvy)Geekbench 6 CPU3320 / 14480
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Kev)Cinebench 2024120 / 1541
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-18 (NotHere3573)Cinebench 2024119 / 1550
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Specifications

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

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 4, 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)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 13900K - Intel Core i9 13900K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (18th and 21st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 12
P-Threads 24 24
Base Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 44x 47x
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 13.14 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 120 W 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 162 W 230 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 89Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (35th and 39th 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
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7900X
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D official page AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 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 7900X or Ryzen 9 7900X3D?
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Austntok January 24, 2023 at 08:24 AM
I have the 7900X. I originally planned on waiting for the 7900X3D but there was a sale on the 7900X for Christmas for $120 under MSRP, so I decided not to wait. I'm extremely happy with the 7900X performance. I upgraded to the 7900X from the i5-12600K and it made a pretty significant difference in gaming at 1440p. I'm glad I didn't wait. Yeah, the 7900X3D looks to be better than the 7900X, but not enough to justify waiting and paying extra for the X3D variant.
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Lilian January 27, 2023 at 05:39 PM
Are you saying that you bought a completely new platform: motherboard, RAM, CPU, etc - to move basically from a 1-year-old CPU, all that expense for a 1-year leap but not worth "paying extra for the X3D variant", ok.
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Orlando February 2, 2023 at 01:47 PM
Lilian, I did sort of the same thing and gave my 10-year boy my old PC. Ryzen 5 3600, 32gb ram, rtx 3080. Now I sport a Ryzen 9 7900x, RTX 4090, and 6400mhz 32gb ram. I mean the AM5 socket has a longer upgrade path than the LG1700 socket. At the end of the day, my boy flexing to build a PC is probably the most expensive time to build in our time. Flex my dude 😎.
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