AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Ryzen 7 7800X

85 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
VS
67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
29.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
41.1
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X and 7950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5.4 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)
2077
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 679 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 8943 -
Cinebench Scores (18th 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 1960 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 211.3 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 414.2 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 540.6 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 304.8 pages/sec -
Background blur 78.9 images/sec -
Photo processing 148.7 images/sec -
Ray tracing 46.1 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 1055 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 224.2 GOps/sec 41.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 137.4 GOps/sec 25.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 333M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 98.4M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 49.1 GBytes/sec 4.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 831.2 MBytes/sec 185.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3073 Frames/sec 813 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 61.7B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 8748 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 12.2 PPW 12.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 125.9 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 365.5 PPW -
Blender / Watt 3.39 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 7950X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-25 (Leandro Irgang)Cinebench 2026679 / 8943
📘 2026-04-25 (VikTOR)Cinebench 2024125 / 2213
📘 2026-02-07 (Gerard)Cinebench 2026627 / 8337
📘 2025-12-17 (RipePipe)Cinebench 2024118 / 1956
📘 2024-11-28 (Mirage_Tahmid)Cinebench 2024118 / 1966
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 7 7800X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released August 29, 2022 January 10, 2023
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 9950X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (7th and 43rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.5 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 45x 45x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) -
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 40MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 13.1 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 170 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 230 W -
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (18th and 58th 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
0.6 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes -

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X:
    - This CPU was never released for the retail market.

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