Ryzen 7 5700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X leads on 5 of 7 shared benchmarks (110% in PassMark CPU Mark); the Ryzen 7 5700 takes 2 (32% in Cinebench R23 multi).
Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 7 5700 and the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Full AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 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 5700 | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| cores | 8 | — |
| threads | 16 | — |
| base clock ghz | 3.7 | — |
| boost clock ghz | 4.6 | — |
| tdp w | 65 | — |
| l3 cache mb | 16 | — |
| 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 Phoronix, The FPS Review, Notebookcheck, Tom's Hardware, Silent PC Review, PC Guide, Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, PassMark, Puget Systems and numberworld.org; 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 5700 | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, The FPS Review, Notebookcheck |
38,900 pts | 29,557 points |
| Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, Silent PC Review, Notebookcheck, PC Guide |
2,150 pts | 2,020 points |
| Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, PC Guide |
10,318 pts | 18,310 points |
| Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, PC Guide |
2,362 pts | 2,969 points |
| PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark, Puget Systems |
24,375 marks | 51,271 pts |
| PassMark CPU Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
3,298 points | 4,225 points |
| PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
3,296 points | 4,227 pts |
| PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
— | 4,226 points |
| Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
— | 550 rank |
| Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: numberworld.org |
— | 29 seconds |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
No verified AI inference results on file. See the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X benchmark page →
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Ryzen 7 5700 or the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X?
The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X leads on 5 of 7 shared benchmarks (110% in PassMark CPU Mark); the Ryzen 7 5700 takes 2 (32% in Cinebench R23 multi).
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