AMD Ryzen 7 5700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000G AMD Ryzen 5000
• Family
  Ryzen Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Generation
  4 4
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series Ryzen 5000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  8x -
• CPU Cores
  8 16
• CPU Threads
  16 32
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.6 GHz 4.9 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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 name
  None None

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and AMD Ryzen 7 5700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  51.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 PCIe 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  3200 3200
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  45-65 W -
• Default TDP
  65 W 105 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 105 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 142 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Codename
  Cezanne Vermeer
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  0.5 MB -
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 8 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 64 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000743 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition -
• Release date
  2024-01-31 2020-11-05
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM