Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Price

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$ 689.95

$ 212.99

$ 476.96 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7006 points

7399 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

8984 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

6877 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

6735 points

0.24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6914 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

0.95% slightly higher Blender score

207.23 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9102 points

9632 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1406 points

2079 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points

9706 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points

2147 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.40 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.6 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB

32 MiB

128% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 1,089

170th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7900X vs Ryzen 7 5700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7900X beats the Ryzen 7 5700X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5700X outputs less heat than Core i9-7900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.