AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 199.99
$ 101.57 significantly less expensive
$ 301.56

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points
11120 points
115% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
13778 points
120% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
10239 points
113% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
9995 points
113% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4136 points
9722 points
135% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
302.05 points
132% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
16965 points
207% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
3349 points
200% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.8 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
5.5 GHz
34% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
20% slightly more L1 cache
640 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089
67th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 2700 vs Ryzen 7 9700X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9700X is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700. The Ryzen 7 9700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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