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AMD

Ryzen 7 7700

Name: Ryzen 7 7700
Brand: AMD

around $329

All prices are estimates and may vary from actual prices.

67 Pros

65%
7 reviews (1h 26m)

36 Cons

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 offers incredible value for gamers and content creators on a budget. Delivering impressive gaming performance often rivaling even the 7700X, this CPU shines with its high frame rates and smooth gameplay, especially at 1440p. Its efficient 65W TDP means lower power consumption and impressively cool temperatures, even under loa...

Summary of pros and cons from human reviewers, put together by AI

49%

17 vs 18

Performance

74%

14 vs 5

Value for Money

100%

1 vs 0

Compatibility

100%

13 vs 0

Cooling Requirements

83%

10 vs 2

Power Consumption

Reviewer verdict

Across 7 YouTube reviews, the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 earns an Index score of 3.6/5, ranking #20 among CPUs. Reviewers most often praise its performance, value for money, cooling requirements, while the most common criticisms concern performance, gaming performance.

The Ryzen 7 7700 is widely praised for its strong performance, with reviewers (17 mentions) calling it extremely competitive, often matching or beating higher-tier chips and closely matching its X-series counterpart. Many reviewers highlighted excellent value for money (14 mentions), noting that price reductions and a favorable price-to-performance balance make it a standout purchase. Efficiency and thermals were also frequent positives: reviewers repeatedly mentioned low power consumption (10 mentions) and modest cooling requirements (13 mentions), saying it runs cool and quiet on reasonable air or AIO coolers. Gaming performance was noted positively as well (10 mentions), with reviewers reporting excellent frame rates and minimal gaming performance loss versus higher-power models.

Criticisms centered on performance gaps versus X-series and higher-end CPUs (18 mentions), with multiple reviewers reporting double-digit percentage advantages for the 7700X or other faster chips in multi-threaded and export/render workloads. Gaming regressions appeared in a few cases (5 mentions), including notable FPS or 0.1% low differences and at least one anomalous title where the 7700 performed poorly. Lower all-core boost and reduced boost clocks on the non-X variant were cited (5 mentions) as causes for diminished multi-threaded throughput. Some reviewers also flagged relative value concerns when platform or motherboard costs are considered (5 mentions), which can reduce the apparent budget appeal.

Analysis based on 7 YouTube reviews (1h 26m of video) with 67 pros and 36 cons extracted.

Pros (67)

Performance (17)

extremely good even on the Ryzen 77700 ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 4:28
performing much better than Intel here these Suites just seem to love AMD ryzen 7000 series CPUs ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 11:00
extremely impressive on its own ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 1:10
faster than the ryzen 5 7600x and maybe critically the ryzen 7 5800 x3d for uh the older socket am4 platform as well ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 15:18
keeping up pretty much with most of the other high-end CPUs in the graph ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 12:43
faster than the core i5 12600k the ryzen 7 5800x and the ryzen 5 7600x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 8:17
free performance ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 12:09
closely matching the ryzen 7 700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 11:28
doing phenomenally well ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 7:02
much faster than quite a few other benchmarks on the graph, roughly a mid-table result. It was faster than the ryzen 9 5900x the core i5 3600k and even the ryzen 9 5950x while offering a decent amount more performance than the ryzen 5 7600x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 11:59
just become the it factor ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 12:24
extremely competitive with Intel's mid-range stack ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 9:15
R7 7700 is even better than its namesake the R7 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 3:39
more than double the R7 7700 ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 3:21
only a one percent difference between the 7700 and the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 2:02
more cuse for multitasking or more CBU intensive loads like video editing, streaming or simulation ▶ What's The BEST Processor for Gaming?! 😁 The Gaming CPU Buy @ 15:32
7700x is only 0.2 percent faster than the 7700 ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 1:30

Value for Money (14)

best value CPU ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 0:09
that value is just getting better over time ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 0:23
noticeably cheaper than the ryzen 7 700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 8:37
consistently came down in price over the last year ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 6:52
buy this all day, every day off AliExpress for 150 US delivered ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 0:34
coupled in with the price, it's looking like it's probably going to be the best CPU to get for value ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 1:13
absolute shining star in terms of value ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 12:39
huge amounts of cash ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 2:12
150 USD delivered ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 12:44
if you want to get a mid-range board and put a 7900 on it that's going to be probably one of the best like price-based performance gaming systems you can buy ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 12:28
priced at 1 569 Ringgit as opposed to 1899 Ringgit of the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 1:22
strikes a nice balance between price and performance especially for gamers primarily that uses their PC for gaming and like to do some video editing perhaps you do some game streaming and like to put some video footages up on YouTube ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 5:40
nice to see that AMD is widening its option for all the users out there so that you can choose between price performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 5:57
nice in-between ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 6:05

Cooling Requirements (13)

processor temperature with custom liquid cooling of around 60 degrees ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 3:37
can be cooled with relatively modest air cooling ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 16:58
absolutely fine with a decent cooling solution ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 11:56
really is the bullet point of the presentation if you're building like an m8x or RTX build then these are in a lot of ways no-brainers because they're easier to keep cool ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 3:02
temperatures were around 60° while benchmarking ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 11:48
won't go much above that with a decent air cooler ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 3:43
literally the best thermal performance I've pretty much ever seen out of any AMD with these sort of clock speeds and performance results ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 0:55
you can still get really good performance from a low wattage thing that's gonna you could put a decent air cooler on ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 7:27
slightly cooler thermals ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 0:28
both come with box coolers ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 5:51
Horizon 5 7600 and ryzen 7 700 are both much cooler than any of the 7000 series ryzens ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 4:20
fit the bill pretty well since they'll run cooler and quieter than any of the Contemporary Intel or AMD models ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 6:04
AMD actually has provided with the AMD Rave prism cooler ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 1:32

Power Consumption (10)

not chew up a whole lot of power ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 14:21
don't chew more than 88 Watts at the socket. it's designed for 85 these push three Watts over that which is not even a percent on that sort of scale ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 6:26
tdps though 65 Watts. they are looking to keep these as wattage efficient as humanly possible ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 2:43
much much lower power consumption ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 0:25
R7 7700 is basically the most efficient CPU we've ever tested ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 4:02
positions the R7 7700 and the R5 7600 very well in terms of Energy Efficiency while gaming both are much better than comparable Intel offerings ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 3:30
these new chips from AMD are more about power efficiency than anything else ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 3:08
R5 7600 uses even less while only being a few percentage points slower ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 3:24
literally never heard the fan curve increase once not on a single gaming Benchmark not in any of the cinema Trends they were ABS it was absolutely Flawless there's no noise and stuff coming from these they use so little ones just it just sit there at the sockets just a little sip it's very very light on power ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 7:01
a hyper efficient chip that you can do extreme wattage control on ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 8:50

Gaming Performance (10)

runs games there's absolutely no problem especially with games like CS going well over 600 frames absolutely smashing my 5900x scores with the same GPU ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 4:56
you're not really losing anything by opting for the low power CPUs in Forza Horizon 5 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 15:34
gaming performance is absolutely exceptional ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 6:19
ryzen 7 700 is faster than the ryzen 9 7950x making this non-x variant of the 7700 the second fastest CPU you can buy for 1440p gaming ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 1:39
the 7600 and the 7700 are both pretty close to pretty much everything else at 4K ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 0:41
clear favor in 1% lows ▶ What's The BEST Processor for Gaming?! 😁 The Gaming CPU Buy @ 12:00
minimal performance difference in gaming ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 2:34
higher average 1% Lads ▶ What's The BEST Processor for Gaming?! 😁 The Gaming CPU Buy @ 12:30
more cores and more frames ▶ What's The BEST Processor for Gaming?! 😁 The Gaming CPU Buy @ 17:09
similar story for Esports games as well ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 3:29

Core Count & Speed (2)

very very similar specifications to their x-series counterparts ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 0:21
powered by the AMD ryzen 77700 processor with eight cores and 16 threads turbo boosting up to an impressive 5.3 GHz ▶ ViprTech Reaper 3 Liquid-Cooled PC Review - AMD Ryzen 7 7700 @ 0:40

Compatibility (1)

make great starter CPUs if you are looking to build in the am5 platform ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 6:14

Cons (36)

Performance (18)

difference in the overall score was about seven percent and for the 4K media score the difference was 16 percent ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 5:00
7700x scored around 10 percent more than the 7700 in the overall score and about 14 more in the export score ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 4:45
difference of around 24 render speed can be seen ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 4:23
slightly slower scores ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 9:33
were the slowest ryzen 7000 series CPUs in the test ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 11:00
a couple of thousand points below the 7700 X ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 8:17
can be significantly slower than their x-series counterparts ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 17:51
shaky results on the Ryzen 77700 that do get alleviated with the 9800 X3D ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 4:48
both low power CPUs not really sitting that much further behind their X Series counterparts ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 13:23
pretty much just slightly faster than the ryzen 7 700, so again faster than all the CPUs that we just mentioned but still a fair bit slower than the ryzen 9 at 7900x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 12:22
latest Intel chips pulling away though with the i7 3700k being about five percent faster than the 7700 and about seven percent faster than the 7600 ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 1:50
being topped by the ryzen 9 5900x and the core i712 12700k, which were both beaten by the 7700 X ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 10:17
10 slower than the I5 3600k ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 2:22
latest iteration of Intel chips leads the pack being at least 15 faster and up to 20 faster for the I9 3900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 2:52
task was be able to be completed about 11 faster on the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 4:16
7700x outperforms the 7700 by about 18 ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 4:06
7700x is able to score about 19 more than the 7700 in multi-threaded tests and about seven percent more in single threaded tests ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 3:51
in productivity Benchmark the difference between these two processor can slowly be seen more and more ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 3:45

Gaming Performance (5)

saw a difference. 631 average FPS versus around 770 ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 7:31
0.1% lows, we can see that they pretty much doubled on the 9800 X3 versus the Ryzen 7 7700 ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 10:35
difference in average FPS of around 14% ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 10:06
big gap and that's around 34% ▶ The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... @ 10:12
anomalous data with cyberpunk. the 7700 just kind of got destroyed ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! @ 5:29

Core Count & Speed (5)

frequency climb Downs ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 3:10
much much lower all-call boost which could result in significantly lower multi-threaded performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 3:52
drop-off in awkward boosting frequencies is going to result in a much lower Benchmark score ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 10:09
slightly lower frequencies offered by the low power CPUs ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 9:24
turbo boost speed with it having 100 megahertz less than the X variant and of course also having a lower base frequency of only 3.8 gigahertz ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 0:50

Value for Money (5)

you'll be actually getting about 23 faster render speed for 3D renders on the 7700x and about 15 percent better exporting score on video editing as well as 4K media score however you will be paying about 19 price premium for the 7700x compared to the 7700 ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X le @ 5:17
only the R5 7600 has a decent starting price ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 4:57
motherboard costs as they are right now they are sort of budget CPUs on a not budget platform which does diminish their appeal ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 6:24
contemporary competition the I5 3600k is a little bit more expensive and is a little bit worse performance per dollar but it is also a little bit faster and the platform costs are a little bit lower so it kind of equals out ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less @ 5:16
offer worse value for gamers ▶ What's The BEST Processor for Gaming?! 😁 The Gaming CPU Buy @ 15:32

Power Consumption (2)

slight increase in power consumption ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 7:24
lack of all core boost due to the power constraints is very very evident here ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 8:46

Overclocking Potential (1)

didn't see much benefit from doing manual overclocking ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, @ 5:20

Review sources

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Ryzen 7 7700 review: CHEAPER, COOLER, BETTER? by CrazyTechLab — 14 pros, 14 cons
The $150 Ryzen 7 7700 Actually Competes with the 9800X3D... by Tech YES City — 15 pros, 5 cons
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 & 7600 Review: X for less by TechPowerUp — 14 pros, 6 cons
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Review | Which Ryzen 7 is best? Does 1 X letter really have a big difference? by Tech 5 Production — 7 pros, 9 cons
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 Reviewed!! by Evetech — 12 pros, 1 cons
What's The BEST Processor for Gaming?! 😁 The Gaming CPU Buyers Guide 2024! by PC Centric — 4 pros, 1 cons
ViprTech Reaper 3 Liquid-Cooled PC Review - AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | RTX 4070 Super 12GB Super by GG Tech Reviews — 1 pros, 0 cons

Frequently asked questions

Is the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 worth buying?

Based on 7 independent YouTube reviews, the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 scores 3.6/5 with 67 positive and 36 negative points mentioned by reviewers, placing it #20 in the CPUs category.

What do reviewers like most about the AMD Ryzen 7 7700?

The most praised aspects are performance, value for money, cooling requirements — Performance (17 mentions), Value for Money (14 mentions), Cooling Requirements (13 mentions).

What are the most common complaints about the AMD Ryzen 7 7700?

Reviewers most frequently criticize performance, gaming performance — Performance (18 mentions), Gaming Performance (5 mentions).

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