Ryzen 9 7900X3D: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
Ryzen 9 7900X3D provides good benchmark performance at 32.59% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started Ryzen 9 7900X3D sales 4 January 2023. Based on a Raphael architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 12 cores and 24 threads, and is based on 5nm, 6nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 5600 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM5 processor with a TDP of 120 Watt and a maximum temperature of 47 °C. It supports DDR5-5200 memory.
Primary details
Ryzen 9 7900X3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 105 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 73.21 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 9 | |
| Architecture codename | Raphael | |
| Release date | 4 January 2023 (1 year ago) | |
| Current price | $470 | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 24 | |
| Base clock speed | 4.4 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 5.6 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 128 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm, 6 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 2x 71 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 47 °C | of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 13,140 million | of 92000 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 7900X3D compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | AM5 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7900X3D. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7900X3D's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-5200 | |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 9 7900X3D.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Graphics |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 9 7900X3D is Core i9-14900F, which is slower by 1% and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen 9 7900X3D:
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Recommended GPUs
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