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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Ryzen 7 7700X

75 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
74.3
(Good)
Value Index
82.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700X and 7900X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 7900X
vs
Ryzen 7 7700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 9 7900X +38%
1522
Ryzen 7 7700X
1104
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 619
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4481
Cinebench Scores (65th 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 9 7900X +18%
18246
Ryzen 7 7700X
15478
File compression 1810 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 175.1 Klines/sec 120.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 360.8 pages/sec 298 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 535.6 Mpixels/sec 437.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 299.8 pages/sec 300.6 pages/sec
Background blur 52.2 images/sec 72.1 images/sec
Photo processing 121.8 images/sec 114.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.1 Mpixels/sec 26.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1096 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 7900X +44%
51226
Ryzen 7 7700X
35487
Integer math 168.1 GOps/sec 111.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 103.5 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 389M Primes/sec 177M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 74.8M Strings/sec 49.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 37.1 GBytes/sec 24.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 629.8 MBytes/sec 418.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 3046 Frames/sec 1980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 47.4B Matrices/sec 31.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 9482 & 9568 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 7900X +48%
420.06
Ryzen 7 7700X
284.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 10.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 107.3 PPW 147.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 301.3 PPW 338 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.47 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 7900X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (afroman420IU)Cinebench 2024110 / 1302
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-11 (JDM)Cinebench 2024134 / 1165
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 (Avvy)Geekbench 6 CPU3320 / 14480
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Kev)Cinebench 2024120 / 1541
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-18 (NotHere3573)Cinebench 2024119 / 1550
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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 9 7900X and Ryzen 7 7700X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 29, 2022 September 29, 2022
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 i7 13700K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (21st and 39th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 24 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 47x 45x
L1 Cache 64K (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 13.14 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 5 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 (39th and 53rd 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 7900X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7700X
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
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 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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