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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Ryzen 9 7900

85 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
VS
75 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7900

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16-cores against the 3.7 GHz Ryzen 9 7900 with 12-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
29.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
54.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7900 and 7950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
  • Newer - released 5 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 7950X
vs
Ryzen 9 7900

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 9 7950X +25%
2077
Ryzen 9 7900
1657
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 679 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 8943 -
Cinebench Scores (18th and 54th 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 7950X +4%
3068
Ryzen 9 7900
2947
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 7950X +23%
21401
Ryzen 9 7900
17401
File compression 1960 MB/sec 1690 MB/sec
Clang compilation 211.3 Klines/sec 149.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 414.2 pages/sec 341.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 540.6 Mpixels/sec 481.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 304.8 pages/sec 299.8 pages/sec
Background blur 78.9 images/sec 70.3 images/sec
Photo processing 148.7 images/sec 119.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.1 Mpixels/sec 31 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1055 & 1146 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 9 7950X +3%
4252
Ryzen 9 7900
4121
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 7950X +29%
62139
Ryzen 9 7900
48032
Integer math 224.2 GOps/sec 162.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 137.4 GOps/sec 97.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 333M Primes/sec 378M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 98.4M Strings/sec 68.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 49.1 GBytes/sec 34.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 831.2 MBytes/sec 573.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 3073 Frames/sec 3027 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 61.7B Matrices/sec 41.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 8748 & 3274 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 7950X +45%
576.1
Ryzen 9 7900
397.08

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.2 PPW 25.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 125.9 PPW 267.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 365.5 PPW 739 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.39 PPW 6.11 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 7950X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-25 (Leandro Irgang)Cinebench 2026679 / 8943
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-25 (VikTOR)Cinebench 2024125 / 2213
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-07 (Gerard)Cinebench 2026627 / 8337
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-17 (RipePipe)Cinebench 2024118 / 1956
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-11-28 (Mirage_Tahmid)Cinebench 2024118 / 1966
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-03-17 (A_Nobody)Cinebench 2024120 / 1657
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 7900

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released August 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 i9 13900
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (7th and 20th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 12
P-Threads 32 24
Base Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.7 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 32 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 45x 37x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 13.1 billions 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 170 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 230 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (18th and 38th 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 7950X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7900
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 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

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