Intel Core i7-7700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Core i7-7700 vs Ryzen 9 7900 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900 beats the Core i7-7700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700. The Ryzen 9 7900 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.