AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Ryzen 7 5800X
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 5800X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Newer - released 2 years later
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2873 vs 2232 points
- 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 483 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 3448 |
Cinebench Scores (65th and 188th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1810 MB/sec | 851.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 175.1 Klines/sec | 97.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 360.8 pages/sec | 181 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 535.6 Mpixels/sec | 319.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 299.8 pages/sec | 236.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 52.2 images/sec | 50.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 121.8 images/sec | 66.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 39.1 Mpixels/sec | 25.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 168.1 GOps/sec | 94.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 103.5 GOps/sec | 52.7 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 389M Primes/sec | 122M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 74.8M Strings/sec | 35.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 37.1 GBytes/sec | 21.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 629.8 MBytes/sec | 345.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3046 Frames/sec | 1354 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 47.4B Matrices/sec | 23.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 9 PPW | 8.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 107.3 PPW | 97.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 301.3 PPW | 263.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.47 PPW | 2.06 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-04-03 (afroman420IU) | Cinebench 2024 | 110 / 1302 |
| π 2026-02-11 (JDM) | Cinebench 2024 | 134 / 1165 |
| π 2025-12-27 (Avvy) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3320 / 14480 |
| π 2025-12-20 (Kev) | Cinebench 2024 | 120 / 1541 |
| π 2025-10-18 (NotHere3573) | Cinebench 2024 | 119 / 1550 |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-18 (dxd_shxdow) | Cinebench 2026 | 483 / 3448 |
| π 2026-04-15 (NyNy) | Cinebench 2024 | 81 / 747 |
| π 2026-02-16 (nothampter) | Cinebench 2024 | 82 / 1064 |
| π 2026-02-06 (Hexg) | Cinebench 2024 | 95 / 849 |
| π 2025-12-27 (ivy:3) | Cinebench 2024 | 96 / 863 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 7 5800XGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | September 29, 2022 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Raphael) | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core i9 13900K | - Intel Core i7 11700K |
| Successor | - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (21st and 95th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 12 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.6 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 47x | 38x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 64MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 13.14 billions | 4.15 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 170 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 230 W | 142 W |
| Socket | AM5 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 95Β°C | 90Β°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (39th and 98th 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
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5200 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 51.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X official page | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
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