Wasted Opportunity: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. 7800X3D, 7700X, & More
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Published 2024-08-07
AMD's Zen 5 Ryzen 7 9700X has now launched. This benchmark and review compares the AMD R7 9700X vs. the R7 7800X3D, R7 7700X, Intel i9-14900K, 14700K, 5800X3D, and more. The benchmarks include gaming benchmarks, production workloads, power, efficiency, thermals, and more. This review looks at some of the best CPUs right now, but also keeps a heavy focus on the highest value CPUs in the comparison.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - AMD R7 9700X CPU Review
02:28 - Price Comparison & Update
03:31 - Stability Problems
06:01 - Methodology & Software
08:04 - CPU Power Consumption on 9700X
09:05 - Efficiency Benchmark
10:05 - Frequency: All-Core Boost
11:13 - Frequency: Single-Core Boost
11:39 - Thermal Sensor Change Comparison
13:48 - Starfield Gaming CPU Benchmarks
15:05 - FFXIV: Dawntrail CPU Benchmarks (1080p & 1440p)
16:48 - Baldur's Gate 3 Best CPUs
17:57 - Dragon's Dogma 2 CPU Comparison
19:01 - F1 24 9700X vs. 7800X3D
20:22 - Stellaris Simulation Time
21:49 - Blender Best CPUs for Rendering
23:21 - Compression & Decompression
24:14 - Photoshop CPU Benchmarks
24:57 - Premiere CPU Tests
25:37 - Code Compile (Chromium)
26:07 - SpecWS Rodinia CFD
26:26 - SpecWS LAMMPS Biomedical Test
27:03 - Conclusion
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All Comments (21)
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Reminder: The 7800X3D remains more efficient than the 9700X in gaming by a long shot. Higher performance, same power. Also, we got the new 9600X in. It is working where the other one failed, but still has compatibility issues (as the 9700X did) that the 7000 series did not. Messy launch. We have brand new red, green, and yellow solder & project mats joining our existing blue! Support our testing directly by buying one! store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-project-solderin… (use code THISISFINE for 10% off until August 14! Learn about Intel's issues here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vQlvefGxk Or watch our R7 3700X & R5 3600 revisit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRK30P9_Tvg
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It honestly feels like X3D is like AMD's 1080Ti. After almost 3 years, still fast, still powerful, still efficient, and still dominating.
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2024 really is becoming the year of "It's not [Awful brand]".
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Man… that 5800x3d hanging out with the big bois 3 years later is still just mind numbing. It will be a while before we see such a legend CPU again.
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With the ever increasing power requirements, i think a power reset is what was needed. They have more overhead to work with in future.
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7800X3D is still such a great investment. At this point I'm only ever going to wait for the X3D processors.
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It's clear that for x3d owners, the only upgrades are newer x3d chip
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Seems like AMD focused on efficiency to really boost their enterprise and laptop sales, which is where the real money is made for CPU companies. Going forward these efficiency improvements will make it into every new generation.
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As someone who uses a small form factor case, the lower TDP is what makes me interested. The 9700X seems like great performance at 65W as opposed to 105W for the previous 7700X.
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WE DID IT!!! WE HAVE OVER 9000 AMD CPUs!!! Now wait for next gen to be called Ryzen Prime 1000 AIX series because AMD marketing
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Honestly as someone who lives in a desert in California with outrageous energy costs, that performance at 80 watts at those temperatures 🤷♂️ if they iron out the bugs I’m in
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derBauer used PBO to boost the Wattage and got dramatically better benchmarks. It was like a different chip. It's just held back on power. Feels like it would be good for ITX builds where you have to use a tiny air cooler
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Steve's RTS APM coming in clutch with sniping these bots. Thanks Steve
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"May include blue screens" feel the burn, son
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On my point of view the 9700x is huge advance on IPC over 7700x. Comparing it's all core boost to the 7700X the performance obtained with much lower frequency and power is remarkable. That is clearly shown on single thread tests where leads the charts. The problem here is that 7000 was so overboosted on power and clocks that the new generation not following the same power policy makes it look "bad". Memory stability issues are not acceptable however. AMD promised better memory performance on this generation. Maybe the problem is that they didn't launched the X870 chipset boards on time to allow better memory signaling. At this point I would wait for a further tests: 1. PBO enabled to compare a more clock per clock performance advancement. 2. 9750X performance tests as it has a more "performance over efficiency orientation". The frequency on that part should be more in line with the 7950X. 3. Retest with X870 boards for the better memory performance promise.
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The funny thing is, running at the same speed while saving 30% power can sometimes be equal to running 15% faster with the same power consumption. But the first option sounds much more appealing😂
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17:17 The entire Intel lineup right now is a giant cluster... Gold
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Every time there is a new CPU review, I am in awe of what an amazing processer the 5800X3D is, mainly its ability to breathe new life into old PC's. The fact that my 7-year-old PC with a 5800X3D can hang with some of the newest and greatest intel chips, all while using an old motherboard, inexpensive DDR4 memory, under 100watts of power AND running cool enough to only need a small inexpensive cooler never fails to put a smile on my face.
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There was a lot of shade thrown at Intel in this review. And yet it never got old.
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I like efficiency. Saves you money on the power supply, cooler, can get a smaller case, the room doesn't heat up like a there's a radiator. I say it's great.
