AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Ryzen 7 7800X

63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
VS
67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16-cores against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7 7800X with 8-cores. 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
40.4
(Average)
Value Index
41.1
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X and 5950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1464
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 464 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5693 -
Cinebench Scores (76th and 101st place)

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 1120 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 147.1 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 224.5 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 372.1 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 222.5 pages/sec -
Background blur 28.4 images/sec -
Photo processing 85 images/sec -
Ray tracing 38.4 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1] โ€“ 741 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 183.9 GOps/sec 41.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 100.5 GOps/sec 25.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 223M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 64.9M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.4 GBytes/sec 4.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 622.5 MBytes/sec 185.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1854 Frames/sec 813 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.4B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] โ€“ 19398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.9 PPW 12.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 121.2 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 431 PPW -
Blender / Watt 3.94 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 5950X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-12 (stream pc)Cinebench 2026456 / 4979
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-30 (DDD)Cinebench 2026464 / 5693
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Geekbench 6 CPU2259 / 12745
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Cinebench 202499 / 1448
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y)Cinebench 202497 / 1451
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 7800X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 8, 2020 January 10, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 11900K - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (51st and 43rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 45x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) -
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 40MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 4.15 billions -
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W -
Socket AM4 AM5
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (72nd and 58th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes -

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X:
    - This CPU was never released for the retail market.

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