AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points
11380 points
120% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
10581 points
69% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
11723 points
144% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
11982 points
156% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4136 points
15023 points
263% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
538.07 points
314% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
31% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
1280 KiB
66% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
16 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089
61st 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
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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 9 9955HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9955HX beats the Ryzen 7 2700 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 2700 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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 9955HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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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