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 ESTCPU Benchmark Performance: Legacy Tests
In order to gather data to compare with older benchmarks, we are still keeping a number of tests under our ‘legacy’ section. This includes all the former major versions of CineBench (R15, R11.5, R10) as well as Geekbench 4 and 5. We won’t be transferring the data over from the old testing into Bench, otherwise, it would be populated with 200 CPUs with only one data point, so it will fill up as we test more CPUs like the others.
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.
Legacy
In our fabled and older school selection of benchmarks passed their 'sell by date', the Ryzen 9 7950X wins in every one of these tests, both single-threaded and multi-threaded. In the purely single-threaded tests, the Ryzen 5 7600X is the next best, although it is more in line with the Ryzen 7 5800X as we've consistently seen in our multi-threaded results all throughout this review.
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TheinsanegamerN - Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - link
Because MS is far less trustworthy then intel, and has been making moves to block, censor, and lock down everything whenever possible via hardware. Pluton should scare people, giving MS the keys to your hardware is a nightmare. ReplyIketh - Thursday, October 6, 2022 - link
please keep your irrational paranoia to yourself ReplyTheinsanegamerN - Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - link
He did say current, not future. ReplyAndrewJacksonZA - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
Hi. What happened to RDR2 at 4K, please? ReplyRyan Smith - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
RDR2 did not behave itself properly at 4K on some of our test systems. We're still trying to isolate why. ReplyAndrewJacksonZA - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
Thanks Ryan. I'm really interested in that and GTA V at 4K. Thank you! :-) Replypiskov - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
Please add current Apple CPUs if tests allow it. ReplyGhwomb - Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - link
Yes. That would be nice. Especially since Linux and openBSD support is coming along nicely on M1 and M2. Making it a viable option for non-macOS users. Replyddhelmet - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
No Dolphin benchmark? ReplyHarry_Wild - Monday, September 26, 2022 - link
Buying Zen 4 7600X and motherboard, DDR5, MvME on Black Friday and/or CyberMonday! Might be $1K! Use my current graphics card, PSU and SFF case. Still a lot of dough! Reply