AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD 6 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

10780 points

41% slightly better overall score

7598 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12771 points

23% slightly better gaming score

10348 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10091 points

50% significantly better multitasking score

6695 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9877 points

52% significantly better heavy workload score

6473 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

266.15 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

199.09 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz

4.00 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

96 MiB

200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

75th of 1,092

161st of 1,092

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 7700 vs Ryzen 5 7500X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700 beats the Ryzen 5 7500X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7500X3D in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7700. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7700.

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 7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.