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£259.98
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 7700 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 9 5900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 7700 is 800 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 9 5900X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Up to 7% cheaper than Ryzen 7 7700 - £259.98 vs £280.07
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 7700 - 24 vs 16 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- Performs up to 11% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Ryzen 9 5900X - 164 vs 148 FPS
- Up to 3% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Ryzen 9 5900X - £1.71 vs £1.76 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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Ryzen 7 7700
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
FPS
164
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.71/FPS
100%
Price, £
£280.07
92%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Desktop Processor (8-core/16-thread, up to 5.3 GHz max boost) with AMD Wraith Stealth Cooler
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Updated 12445 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 7 7700
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 7700 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Jan 14th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Raphael |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 8 |
24 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.3 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Ryzen 7 7700
Grand Theft Auto V, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
147 FPS
£11.2/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,646.4
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127 FPS
£12.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,593.6
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