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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1400. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2022-09-27
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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2017-04-11
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AMD Ryzen 5 1400
AMD Ryzen 5 1400

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 5 1400? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has a base frequency of 4.5 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 170 W. Released in 2022-09-27.

AMD Ryzen 5 1400 has a base frequency of 3.2 GHz. 4 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2017-04-11.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    11 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 41% better clock speed

    4.5 GHz left arrow 3.2 GHz
  • More number of cores

    12 more cores

    16 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 68% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.7 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    17 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    14 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    20 place
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
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  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 170 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 1400 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    507 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    391 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    656 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    574 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    117 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    262 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    260 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    248 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    233 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    480 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 AMD Ryzen 5 1400
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 1000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 1
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 9 5950X left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 7000 Series left arrow Ryzen 1000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    4.5 GHz left arrow 3.2 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    16x left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.7 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5.5 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    5.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.4 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU Frequency
    2200 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Graphics Cores
    2 left arrow -
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 1400 and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    83.2 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR5 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe
    PCIe 5.0 left arrow PCIe 3.0 x16
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 2667
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    170 W left arrow 65 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    170 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    230 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and AMD Ryzen 5 1400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Raphael (Zen 4) left arrow Summit Ridge (Zen)
  • Codename
    Raphael AM5 left arrow Summit Ridge
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    16 MB left arrow 2 MB
  • L3-Cache
    64 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • Release date
    2022-09-27 left arrow 2017-04-11
  • Socket
    AM5 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 5nm FinFET left arrow 14nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.375 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow YD1400BBAEBOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    - left arrow YD1400BBAEMPK
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow YD1400BBM4KAE
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Thermal Solution (MPK)
    - left arrow AMD Wraith Stealth
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    - left arrow AMD Wraith Stealth

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

More results: 9

AMD Ryzen 5 1400

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R15 / multi-core 6236 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R15 / single-core 317 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R20 / multi-core 14891 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R20 / single-core 783 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R23 / multi-core 38248 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R23 / single-core 2017 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 10417.426271 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS WIFI
Duration: 95.993 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and AMD Ryzen 5 1400.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

2128.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
787.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

22252.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
3068.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1400

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