Ryzen 5 5625U vs Ryzen 7 1700X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 1700X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
10.13
+4.6%

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 5 5625U by a small 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 5 5625U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking692724
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation15.71no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Barcelo-U (Zen 3)
Release date2 March 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399no data
Current price$148 (0.4x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 5 5625U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache768 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache16384 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size192 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 5 5625U compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 5 5625U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMAFMA3+
AVX++
XFR+no data
SenseMI+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 5 5625U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 5 5625U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 5 5625U.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanes2016

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 10.13
+4.6%
Ryzen 5 5625U 9.68

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 5 5625U by 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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%

Ryzen 7 1700X 15672
+4.7%
Ryzen 5 5625U 14968

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 5 5625U by 5% in Passmark.

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%

Ryzen 7 1700X 1090
Ryzen 5 5625U 1580
+45%

Ryzen 5 5625U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700X by 45% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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%

Ryzen 7 1700X 5602
+2.5%
Ryzen 5 5625U 5467

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 5 5625U by 2% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 7 1700X 4662
Ryzen 5 5625U 5806
+24.5%

Ryzen 5 5625U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700X by 25% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 1700X 31950
+7.5%
Ryzen 5 5625U 29724

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 5 5625U by 7% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 1700X 9076
Ryzen 5 5625U 11440
+26%

Ryzen 5 5625U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700X by 26% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 7 1700X 4.89
+32.1%
Ryzen 5 5625U 6.46

Ryzen 5 5625U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700X by 32% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 7 1700X 17
+6.7%
Ryzen 5 5625U 16

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 5 5625U by 7% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 1700X 1537
+6.2%
Ryzen 5 5625U 1447

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 5 5625U by 6% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 1700X 154
Ryzen 5 5625U 223
+44.8%

Ryzen 5 5625U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700X by 45% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 7 1700X 1.73
Ryzen 5 5625U 2.64
+52.6%

Ryzen 5 5625U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700X by 53% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1700X 9
+45.5%
Ryzen 5 5625U 6.2

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 5 5625U by 46% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1700X 3728
Ryzen 5 5625U 6341
+70.1%

Ryzen 5 5625U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700X by 70% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1700X 90
+9.7%
Ryzen 5 5625U 82

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 5 5625U by 10% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1700X 180
Ryzen 5 5625U 229
+27.3%

Ryzen 5 5625U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700X by 27% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.13 9.68
Recency 2 March 2017 6 January 2022
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 5 5625U.

Note that Ryzen 7 1700X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5625U is a notebook one.


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