Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT is ahead of the Ryzen 7 3700X on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 96%, including 87% in Cinebench R23 multi (22,786 vs 12,195).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 7 3700X and the AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD

Ryzen 7 3700X

8 cores65W TDP$329 MSRP2019

Full Ryzen 7 3700X benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Full AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
cores	8	—
threads	16	—
base clock ghz	3.6	—
boost clock ghz	4.4	—
tdp w	65	—
l3 cache mb	32	—
process nm	7	—
socket	AMD Socket AM4	—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Gamers Nexus, CGDirector, PCBench, technical.city, TopCPU, Geekbench Browser and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT
7-Zip Compression (higher is better) Source: Gamers Nexus	78,000 MIPS	—
Adobe Photoshop (Puget) (higher is better) Source: Gamers Nexus	7,000 points	—
Adobe Premiere (Puget) (higher is better) Source: Gamers Nexus	6,613 points	—
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, PCBench	12,195 points	22,786 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, PCBench	1,345 points	1,964 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: technical.city, TopCPU, Geekbench Browser	9,145 points	13,539 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: technical.city, TopCPU, Geekbench Browser	1,740 points	2,331 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	22,401 points	43,895 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single-thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	3,478 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,654 points	3,475 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,654 points	3,477 points
PassMark single-thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,654 points	—

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 7 3700X or the AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT?

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT is ahead of the Ryzen 7 3700X on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 96%, including 87% in Cinebench R23 multi (22,786 vs 12,195).