AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 167%, including 167% in Cinebench R23 multi (37,257 vs 13,973).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 3

AMD Ryzen 7 5800

Full AMD Ryzen 7 5800 benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 4

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Full AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 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.

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from PCGamesN, Digital Trends, Electronic Clinic, OC Inside, MiniXPC, WePC, Notebookcheck, technical.city, The FPS Review, Geekbench Browser, PassMark, Tom's Hardware and HWBOT; 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	AMD Ryzen 7 5800	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: PCGamesN, Digital Trends, Electronic Clinic, OC Inside, MiniXPC	13,973 points	37,257 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: WePC, Digital Trends, Electronic Clinic, OC Inside, Notebookcheck	1,566 points	2,015 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: WePC, technical.city, The FPS Review	—	19,810 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: WePC, technical.city, Geekbench Browser	—	2,972 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	25,691 pts	62,187 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,381 pts	4,254 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,377 points	4,252 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	3 rank
Y-cruncher Pi-1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT	—	18 seconds

Quick answers

Which is faster, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 or the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X?

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 167%, including 167% in Cinebench R23 multi (37,257 vs 13,973).