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One could argue that our NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080ti is somewhat aging and out of date, which is why we've upgraded our CPU 2023 suite with AMD Radeon RX 6950XT graphics cards.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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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