AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3382 vs 2972
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26649 vs 13220
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 vs 5 Nov 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3382 vs 2972
PassMark - CPU mark 26649 vs 13220

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 4.6 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 69% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 11664 vs 6919
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz vs 4.6 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 11664 vs 6919

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3382
2972
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
26649
13220
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
6919
11664
Name AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
PassMark - Single thread mark 3382 2972
PassMark - CPU mark 26649 13220
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6919 11664

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen 3
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 5 Nov 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $799
OPN PIB 100-100000926WOF 100-100000059WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000926 100-000000059
Place in performance rating 539 521
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Die size 81 mm²
L1 cache 512 KB 1 MB
L2 cache 4 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 4.9 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 16 24
Transistor count 4150 million
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 4.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)