AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 170W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 5 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

930

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +118%

2033

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

4641

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +530%

29242

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

1136

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +158%

2942

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3734

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +411%

19092

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

918

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +148%

2277

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3861

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +431%

20503

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

2111

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +104%

4317

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

9063

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +473%

52013

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

General Parameters

Apr 2017

Release Date

Sep 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Raphael

AM4

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

AM4

Socket

AM5

65 W

Power Consumption

170 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

12

8

Performance Core Threads

24

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.7 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.6 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

47x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

-

512 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

24

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