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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Ryzen 7 7700X

78 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7 7700X. 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
50.2
(Average)
Value Index
82.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700X and 9800X3D
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 2 years and 1 month later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3315 vs 2931 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 9800X3D
vs
Ryzen 7 7700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 708 619
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5087 4481
Cinebench Scores (87th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9800X3D +19%
18350
Ryzen 7 7700X
15478
File compression 1730 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140.3 Klines/sec 120.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 356.9 pages/sec 298 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 509 Mpixels/sec 437.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 337 pages/sec 300.6 pages/sec
Background blur 90.4 images/sec 72.1 images/sec
Photo processing 135.2 images/sec 114.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.1 Mpixels/sec 26.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9800X3D +13%
39929
Ryzen 7 7700X
35487
Integer math 116.6 GOps/sec 111.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 79.4 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 420M Primes/sec 177M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 48.4M Strings/sec 49.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.1 GBytes/sec 24.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 467.2 MBytes/sec 418.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 4071 Frames/sec 1980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 38.7B Matrices/sec 31.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 25509 & 9568 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 9800X3D +13%
321.39
Ryzen 7 7700X
284.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.1 PPW 10.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 152.9 PPW 147.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 332.7 PPW 338 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.68 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 7 9800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 (Average)Cinebench 2026735 / 5624
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (looch)Cinebench 2026708 / 5087
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-20 (szegi)Cinebench 2024138 / 1365
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-08 (Spice Master)Cinebench 2026764 / 5801
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-08 (ChronicallyEve)Cinebench 2026721 / 5465
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (ankan_001)Geekbench 6 CPU3068 / 16420
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Geekbench 6 CPU3011 / 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 7 9800X3D and Ryzen 7 7700X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 31, 2024 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 9800X3D -
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (14th and 39th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 47x 45x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 96MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 120 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 162 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (27th and 53rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics 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 7 9800X3D
0.6 TFLOPS
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 7 9800X3D 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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