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

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X leads on 6 of 7 shared benchmarks (49% in Cinebench R23 multi); the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X takes 1 (1% in Geekbench 6 single).

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

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Where to buy

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Specs side-by-side

SpecAMD Ryzen 7 7700XAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
cores 8—
threads 16—
base clock ghz 4.5—
boost clock ghz 5.4—
tdp w 105—
memory bus Dual-channel—
l2 cache mb 8—
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 The FPS Review, Notebookcheck, CGDirector, OC Inside, Silent PC Review, PC Guide, Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, CPU-Monkey, 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.

BenchmarkAMD Ryzen 7 7700XAMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, Notebookcheck, CGDirector, OC Inside		 19,785 points29,557 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Silent PC Review, Notebookcheck, CGDirector, PC Guide, OC Inside		 1,980 points2,020 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, PC Guide, CPU-Monkey		 16,213 points18,310 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, PC Guide, CPU-Monkey		 3,003 points2,969 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 35,529 pts51,271 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,175 points—
PassMark CPU Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,225 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,180 pts4,227 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,176 points4,226 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 400 rank550 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: numberworld.org		 —29 seconds

Quick answers

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

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X leads on 6 of 7 shared benchmarks (49% in Cinebench R23 multi); the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X takes 1 (1% in Geekbench 6 single).

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