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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 7 1700X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900 is 2144 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 7 1700X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
- Up to 19% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900 - £275.0 vs £339.98
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Performs up to 45% better in Rust than Ryzen 7 1700X - 262 vs 181 FPS
- Up to 14% better value when playing Rust than Ryzen 7 1700X - £1.3 vs £1.52 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 1700X - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 1700X - 24 vs 16 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 1700X doesn't have integrated graphics
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Processor - YD170XBCAEWOF
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Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
FPS
262
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.3/FPS
100%
Price, £
£339.98
80%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Desktop Processor (12-core/24-thread, 76MB cache, up to 5.4 GHz max boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 7 1700X
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 14th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Raphael |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.4 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 34.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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