AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and AMD Ryzen 9 5900 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 7700

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 5.3 GHz vs 4.7 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 4064 vs 3448
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34624 vs 34384
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 Jan 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency 5.3 GHz vs 4.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
L2 cache 8 MB vs 6 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 4064 vs 3448
PassMark - CPU mark 34624 vs 34384

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
L1 cache 768 KB vs 512 KB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 32 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 7700
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 5900

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4064
3448
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34624
34384
Name AMD Ryzen 7 7700 AMD Ryzen 9 5900
PassMark - Single thread mark 4064 3448
PassMark - CPU mark 34624 34384
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8542

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 4 Zen 3
Launch date 14 Jan 2023 12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $329
OPN Tray 100-000000592 100-000000062
Place in performance rating 248 249
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.8 GHz 3.0 GHz
Die size 70 mm²
L1 cache 512 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 61 °C
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Maximum frequency 5.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 16 24
Transistor count 6570 million
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR5-5200 DDR4-3200
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.196 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM5 FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 5.0 4.0

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)