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

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i9-7900X

Price

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$ 184.99

$ 504.96 significantly less expensive

$ 689.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7430 points

6% slightly better overall score

7006 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points

13% slightly better gaming score

7653 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

6778 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

6719 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6694 points

6987 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points

209.19 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8659 points

9102 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1406 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8946 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8832 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2013 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1432 points

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

3.8 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

14% slightly more L3 cache

14 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089

193rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i9-7900X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-7900X is faster than the Ryzen 7 5700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5700G has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7900X CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 7 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.