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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