AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 7 7700X, two Zen 4 desktop processors, have once again revealed their scores. Well-known tipster @Harukaze5719 has shared the CPU-Z scores for both processors. Scores and OPN codes have been hidden at the request of the source, and the previously listed single-core and multi-threaded scores have been hidden as well.
● AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16 Core “Zen 4” Desktop CPU
First, we start with the flagship model. AMD Ryzen 9 7950 retains the 16-core and 32-thread count of the previous two generations. The CPU has a base clock frequency of 4.5 GHz and an accelerated clock frequency of up to 5.7 GHz, which would make it 200 MHz faster than Intel’s Alder Lake Core i9-12900KS, which has a 5.5 GHz RWD on a single core.
It looks like AMD is squeezing all the performance out of the 170W TDP (230W PPT) for the Ryzen 9 chip. As for cache, the CPU comes with 80 MB, including 64 MB from L3 (32 MB per CCD) and 16 MB from L2 (1 MB per core).
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8 Core “Zen 4” Desktop CPU
The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X is 8 cores and 16 threads. AMD has positioned it as the best choice for gamers, so the CPU will have a base clock of 4.5 GHz and an accelerated clock of 5.4 GHz, but with a low TDP (142W PPT). The CPU will get a 40 MB cache, including 32 MB L3 from a single CCD and 8 MB L2 from the Zen 4 core.
The two AMD Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 desktop CPUs tested here are both ES samples and appear to be unaffected by the issues reported yesterday. We don’t know the clocks they were running on or the test configurations, but it was mentioned that these chips scored around 750-780 in the single-core test. Using this as a basis for a multi-threaded comparison, we arrive at the following figures.
So, in the best case scenario, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X will have multi-threaded performance over 40% faster than the Ryzen 9 5950X, and the Ryzen 7 7700X over 20% faster than the Ryzen 7 5800X. This is a huge difference in multithreaded performance gains (generation over generation) between the two CPUs, again pointing to the fact that these are not final results but only early performance numbers. Yesterday’s results also showed a 26% multi-threaded performance improvement for Cinebench R20, so the 22% multi-threaded performance improvement here is not far off.
