AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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

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$ 273.07
$ 134.48 significantly less expensive
$ 407.55

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9769 points
12696 points
29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11596 points
12933 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9145 points
12616 points
37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8951 points
12600 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7917 points
11128 points
40% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

245.43 points
394.92 points
60% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13530 points
16768 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2650 points
2868 points
8% slightly 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

4.2 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
3.70 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
5% 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% 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

95th of 1,089
45th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January
2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 8700G vs Ryzen 9 7900 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900 is faster than the Ryzen 7 8700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8700G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8700G. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8700G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8700G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 8700G. 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 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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