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: 720p and Lower
All of our game testing results, including other resolutions, can be found in our benchmark database: www.anandtech.com/bench. All gaming tests here were run using a variation of 720p resolutions and at minimum settings.
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
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Strange Brigade (DirectX 12)
Strange Brigade (Vulcan)
When it comes to gaming at lower resolutions such as 720p and 480p, there are more frames for the processor to, well, process, so this is where the CPU can show its limitations more so as opposed to GPU. In Civilization VI at 480p, we see the Ryzen 7950X and 7600X decimate the competition by around 15%.
What's interesting is that in some of our titles including Strange Brigade and Grand Theft Auto V, at least when using lower resolutions, the Ryzen 5 actually out performs its more expensive Ryzen 9 counterpart.
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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