AMD Zen 4 Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 5 7600X Review: Retaking The High-End
by Ryan Smith & Gavin Bonshor on September 26, 2022 9:00 AM ESTGaming Performance: 1080p
All of our game testing results, including other resolutions, can be found in our benchmark database: www.anandtech.com/bench. All gaming tests were with an RTX 2080 Ti.
We are using DDR5 memory on the Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 5 7600X, as well as Intel's 12th Gen (Alder Lake) processors at the following settings:
- DDR5-5200 CL44 - Ryzen 7000
- DDR5-4800 (B) CL40 - Intel 12th Gen
All other CPUs such as Ryzen 5000 and 3000 were tested at the relevant JEDEC settings as per the processor's individual memory support with DDR4.
Civilization VI
World of Tanks
Borderlands 3
Far Cry 5
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption 2
Strange Brigade (DirectX 12)
Strange Brigade (Vulcan)
Despite modern-day graphics cards, especially the flagships, now at the level where 1440p and 4K gaming is viable, 1080p is still a very popular resolution to play games at; I have a 1440p 144Hz monitor and I play at 1080p just because that's what I'm used to.
Touching on 1080p performance with our RTX 2080 Ti, both Ryzen 7000 series chips do brilliantly in Civilization VI, as well as in World of Tanks. Over the rest of our games benchmarks (while we're testing our new ones which we will publish as soon as we're ready), performance isn't as impressive as maybe users would be expecting from a next-generation processor.
One could argue that our NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080ti is somewhat aging and out of date, which is why we've upgraded our CPU 2023 suite with AMD Radeon RX 6950XT graphics cards. These results will be published once we've collated enough results and data points, so check back.
Summarizing 1080p performance with our current CPU 2021 suite, the Ryzen 7000 series is very competitive in gaming at 1080p, and where the CPU is required to churn more so without any bottlenecks, the Ryzen 7000's do come into their own.
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jakky567 - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
I'm confused by USB 2, do you mean USB 2.0 or USB 4v2, or what? ReplyRyan Smith - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
Yes, USB 2.0.USB 4v2 was just announced. We're still some time off from it showing up in any AMD products. Reply
Myrandex - Thursday, September 29, 2022 - link
lol did they share any reason why to give a single USB 2.0 port? ReplyRyan Smith - Friday, September 30, 2022 - link
Basic, low complexity I/O. Implementing a USB 2.x port is relatively simple these days. It's a bit of a failsafe, really. ReplyLuxZg - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
One question and one observation.Q: ECO mode says 170W -> 105W but tested CPU was 170W -> 65W. Is that a typo or was that just to show off? I wish that sample graph showed 7600X at 105W and 65W in addition to 7950X at 170/105/65W.
Observation: 5800X is 260$ on Amazon. So with cheaper DDR4, cheaper MBOs, and cheaper CPU, it will be big competition inside AMD's own house. At least for those that don't "need" PCIe 5.0 or future proofing. Reply
andrewaggb - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
I was confused by that as well.The way I read the paragraph suggested 170w eco mode is 105w but then it's stated the cpu was tested at 65w. Was it meant to say 105w or can a 170w be dialed down to 65w and the test is correctly labelled? Reply
Otritus - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
By default while under 95*C, 203*F, 368.15K, the 7950X will have a TDP of 170 watts and use up to 230 watts of power. You can think of it like TDP and Turbo Power on Intel. Eco mode will reduce TDP to 105 watts (and use up to 142 watts??). You can manually set the power limits, and Anandtech set them to 65 watts to demonstrate efficiency. Meaning the 7950X was not in eco mode, but a manual mode more efficient than eco mode. Replyuefi - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
Just by supporting Microsoft's cloud connected hardware DRM makes the 7000 series vastly inferior to all current Intel CPUs. ReplyMakaveli - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
So you are saying intel is not going to implement this in any of their Future processors?If the Raptorlake review shows it supports that also i'm going to back to this message. Reply
socket420 - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
I don't understand where these "intel rulez because they don't use pluton!!" people are coming from - one, the Intel Management Engine... exists, and two, Microsoft explicitly stated that Pluton was developed with the support of AMD, Intel and Qualcomm back in 2020. Intel is clearly on-board with it and I expect to see Pluton included in Raptor Lake or Meteor Lake, they're just late to the party because that's what Intel does best, I guess? Reply