Ryzen 5 7600 vs Ryzen 7 7700X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 7700X
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
23.25
+32.3%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking198330
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation51.9145.55
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Architecture codenameRaphael (Zen4)Raphael (Zen4)
Release date27 September 2022 (1 year ago)14 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399no data
Current price$420 (1.1x MSRP)$322

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 7 7700X has 14% better value for money than Ryzen 5 7600.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600 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 speed4.5 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed5.4 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB (shared)32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm5 nm
Die size70 mm271 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)61 °C61 °C
Number of transistors6,570 millionCCD: 6,5 Mrd + IOD: 3,4 Mrd Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600 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 configuration11
SocketAM5AM5
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions5 nm, 0.650 - 1.475V5 nm, 0.650 - 1.475V
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5200DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size128 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes2424

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 7700X 23.25
+32.3%
Ryzen 5 7600 17.58

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 32% based on our aggregate 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 7700X 35958
+32.2%
Ryzen 5 7600 27195

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 32% 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 7700X 2912
+6.4%
Ryzen 5 7600 2737

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 6% 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 7700X 15274
+24.5%
Ryzen 5 7600 12270

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 24% 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 7700X 8633
+6.3%
Ryzen 5 7600 8122

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 6% 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 7700X 56024
+21.4%
Ryzen 5 7600 46166

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 21% 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 7700X 18115
+13.3%
Ryzen 5 7600 15993

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 13% 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 7700X 2.15
+42.3%
Ryzen 5 7600 3.06

Ryzen 5 7600 outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 42% 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 7700X 36
+36.6%
Ryzen 5 7600 26

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 37% 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 7700X 3114
+33.1%
Ryzen 5 7600 2339

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 33% 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 7700X 315
+5.7%
Ryzen 5 7600 298

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 6% 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 7700X 3.71
+5.7%
Ryzen 5 7600 3.51

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 6% 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 7700X 17.5
+40%
Ryzen 5 7600 12.5

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 40% 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 7700X 14879
+6%
Ryzen 5 7600 14038

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 6% 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 7700X 181
+31.5%
Ryzen 5 7600 138

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 31% 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 7700X 374
+7.6%
Ryzen 5 7600 347

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Ryzen 5 7600 by 8% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.25 17.58
Recency 27 September 2022 14 January 2023
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt

The Ryzen 7 7700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 7600 in performance tests.


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