AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 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

$ 198.00
$ 209.55 significantly less expensive
$ 407.55

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points
12696 points
100% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
12933 points
69% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
12616 points
113% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
12600 points
117% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
11128 points
83% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
394.92 points
119% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
16762 points
106% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
2797 points
72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
16768 points
107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
2868 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
3.70 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.4 GHz
22% 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

512 KiB
768 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
12 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
64 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
45th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 9 7900 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900 performs better than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700X 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 Ryzen 7 3700X. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X. The Ryzen 9 7900 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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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