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Ryzen 7 7700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is ahead of the Ryzen 7 7700 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 59%, including 59% in Cinebench R23 multi (29,557 vs 18,567).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 7 7700 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.

*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

SpecRyzen 7 7700AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
cores 8—
threads 16—
base clock ghz 3.8—
boost clock ghz 5.3—
tdp w 65—
memory bus Dual-channel—
l3 cache mb 32—
process nm 5—
socket AMD Socket AM5—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, The FPS Review, TechSpot, Silent PC Review, PC Guide, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser, PassMark, Tom's Hardware 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.

BenchmarkRyzen 7 7700AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU (seconds, lower is better) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck
266—
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, The FPS Review, TechSpot
18,567 points29,557 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, Silent PC Review, PC Guide
1,930 points2,020 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, Notebookcheck
14,969 points18,310 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, Notebookcheck
2,839 points2,969 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark
34,360 points51,271 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark
4,050 points—
PassMark CPU Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark
—4,225 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark
—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

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 7 7700 or the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X?

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is ahead of the Ryzen 7 7700 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 59%, including 59% in Cinebench R23 multi (29,557 vs 18,567).

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