AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 8 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

9859 points
10042 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
12109 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
9318 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
9090 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
4.2 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

94th of 1,089
86th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen PRO 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G beats the Ryzen 9 5900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G.

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 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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