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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Ryzen 7 7700X

92 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9950X with 16-cores against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7 7700X with 8-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
53.8
(Average)
Value Index
82.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700X and 9950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3418 vs 2931 points
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 9950X
vs
Ryzen 7 7700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 9 9950X +110%
2320
Ryzen 7 7700X
1104
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 724 619
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7630 4481
Cinebench Scores (9th and 131st 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 9950X +17%
3418
Ryzen 7 7700X
2931
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +41%
21758
Ryzen 7 7700X
15478
File compression 1710 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 226 Klines/sec 120.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 391.9 pages/sec 298 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 586.8 Mpixels/sec 437.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 351.6 pages/sec 300.6 pages/sec
Background blur 84.3 images/sec 72.1 images/sec
Photo processing 144.4 images/sec 114.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 55.7 Mpixels/sec 26.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +13%
4728
Ryzen 7 7700X
4176
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +85%
65714
Ryzen 7 7700X
35487
Integer math 241.5 GOps/sec 111.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 158.5 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 343M Primes/sec 177M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 93.7M Strings/sec 49.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 44.2 GBytes/sec 24.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 891.3 MBytes/sec 418.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 3254 Frames/sec 1980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 71.2B Matrices/sec 31.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6583 & 9568 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 9950X +111%
598.37
Ryzen 7 7700X
284.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.6 PPW 10.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 128 PPW 147.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 386.6 PPW 338 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 2.71 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 9950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (greenmonalisa)Cinebench 2024136 / 2307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Malanore)Cinebench 2026724 / 7630
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 -> TukiGeekBench3607 / 23374
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (jimmygeneris)Cinebench 2024136 / 2114
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Capt Jack Swallows)Cinebench 2024136 / 2162
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (ankan_001)GeekBench3068 / 16420
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)GeekBench3011 / 15732
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Cinebench 2026634 / 4679
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (darkV0R4X)Cinebench 2026521 / 3583
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-01 (EMPEROR)Cinebench 2026619 / 4481
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 7 7700X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 9950X -
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 14900K - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (3rd and 39th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.7 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 43x 45x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 170 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 230 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (6th and 53rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 9 9950X
n/a
Ryzen 7 7700X
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X official page AMD Ryzen 7 7700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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