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AMD

Ryzen 9 7900X

Name: Ryzen 9 7900X
Brand: AMD

around $549

All prices are estimates and may vary from actual prices.

128 Pros

55%
14 reviews (2h 56m)

103 Cons

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is a powerful 12-core, 24-thread CPU designed for demanding gamers and content creators. Leveraging AMD's Zen 4 architecture and a 5nm process node, it boasts impressive performance and improved power efficiency compared to previous generations. Expect significant uplift in multi-threaded workloads, smooth multitasking, and e...

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

63%

44 vs 26

Performance

60%

12 vs 8

Value for Money

57%

8 vs 6

Compatibility

33%

8 vs 16

Cooling Requirements

70%

14 vs 6

Power Consumption

Reviewer verdict

Across 14 YouTube reviews, the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X earns an Index score of 3.2/5, ranking #48 among CPUs. Reviewers most often praise its performance, gaming performance, power consumption, while the most common criticisms concern performance, other.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is consistently praised for its strong overall performance, with many reviewers highlighting impressive multi‑core and single‑core results and frequent benchmark uplifts versus previous AMD and Intel parts. Reviewers commonly note excellent gaming performance across resolutions (1080p, 1440p, 4K) and smooth multitasking/rendering, with around two dozen reviewers emphasizing gaming and roughly four dozen citing general performance. Efficiency and power behavior also receive positive mentions, with multiple reviewers calling out solid energy efficiency and lower wall draw compared with some Intel chips. Additional recurring positives include good value positioning relative to higher‑end models, high core/thread counts and clocks, and generally manageable cooling/noise in normal use.

Criticisms cluster around inconsistent gains versus some variants and competitors: reviewers report that certain 3D/V‑cache or non‑X variants can be slower than X models or other chips in some workloads, and a number of tests show only modest percentage uplifts versus previous generations. Thermal and cooling demands are frequently raised, with many reviewers reporting high package temperatures and advice that aggressive use may require robust cooling solutions. Reviewers also point to value concerns for some buyers given pricing premiums, occasional minor software/compatibility hiccups, and limited overclocking upside in practice.

Analysis based on 14 YouTube reviews (2h 56m of video) with 128 pros and 103 cons extracted.

Pros (128)

Performance (44)

CPU has some weaknesses but does impress overall ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 0:13
that cash Beast luckily does not have to shave off much of its performance ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 5:43
ridiculously fast read and write speeds ▶ The MOST BEAUTIFUL Gaming PC Ever?! - RTX 4070 Ti, Ryzen 9 7 @ 3:15
maximum terminals on the 3dmark CPU profile went up to 81 which is still good ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 7:50
the performance of this PC is impressive whether you're playing demanding games or multitasking with large applications the AMD ryzen 9 7900x and RTX 47t super combo handles it all with ease ▶ iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryz @ 2:10
the 9700x is 11% faster than the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 4:01
StoreMI technology combines SSD and HDD into a single virtual volume improving loading times ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 2:58
Superior performance compared to the Intel Core i9980hk ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 2:24
regular 7900 only lost to the 7900x by around 3 percent which goes without saying is pretty dang impressive for the nonix part ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 6:47
parallel processing capabilities offer smooth, interruption-free user experience ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 1:13
impressive Speed and Performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 2:08
things are continuing to look excellent with a four percent uplift going from a 12 900k to a7950 and 26 compared to the previous generation ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 3:30
includes several innovative technologies ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 2:38
superb performance from the ryzen 9 7900x basically achieving very similar performance compared to the previous Flagship ryzen 9 5950x ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 4:30
all core things just became better with a 55 uplift coming from a ryzen 5000 to a 7000 and a 41 compared to the 12900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 3:41
the 7900x outperformed the 12900k by a devastating 38 while using over cores ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 4:25
has the advantage over 12 900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 10:06
the most powerful CPU I've ever tested ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 2:01
the 7950 whooping everybody's ass with almost 16 000 points a whopping 34 uplift compared to previous Trend and 39 to the 12900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 3:16
6.57 billion transistors which is a significant improvement ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 0:22
the 9700 X was also faster in Premier Pro This Time by a 6% margin ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 4:26
quite alright if we take into consideration the new terminals that we have on these and for architecture I would say this is quite outstanding ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 4:56
7nm process node allows for increased transistor density and improved performance ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 0:40
gives some advantage in synthetic benchmarks it really does go really in front of 12900k giving us I would say more into performance while work render and stuff like that while enjoy gaming does have a slight advantage ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 10:52
the cinebench multicore score was increased by 9% ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 10:24
if you're looking to upgrade from previous gen where you can expect your render types to be roughly a third faster than they were before ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 8:07
the 7950 in super Mode still managed to outperform Intel's best with an average of 14 gain ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 10:22
we can see the same uplift however seven percent on the system wide and 43 for CPU only ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 4:07
Corona 1.3 time to render that picture took 7900x 50 seconds while the I9 took 64 seconds ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 6:19
compared to a 12 900k it really doesn't matter what you want to do the 7950x can just do it better ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 7:36
pretty impressive for the ryzen 97900x as it already outperforms the core I9 Trump 900k which has four more physical cores ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 4:02
7900x was 28 432 while the I9 12900k was 27 000. so that's like 1300 less cinebench points for the I9 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 5:43
it performs quite well ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 10:07
standout choice for power users, gamers, and content creators ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 0:20
exceptional performance in games that utilize multiple cores ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 1:24
looking at the 7950 as an independent product this is a Workhorse there is no no other way of putting it right now if you need stuff to be done this is the best thing you can get on the consumer Market truly amazing ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 7:53
how much the 7950x can really dominate topping the chart by a huge margin ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 4:20
this is not only restricted to an all-core workload no matter if one two four eight or 16 threads the 7950 was always between one and six percent ahead of the 12900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 4:34
the 9700x is 3% faster than the 7700x in this test making it the fastest CPU tested ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 4:13
7900x3d climbed similarly from 209 to 251 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 12:30
looking at the top dog from both teams it doesn't look good for Intel right now ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 7:04
decent all rounders for both work and gaming ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - 12 Core Zen 5 Review @ 15:34
one of the fastest consumer desktop processors ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 0:08
getting myself a cup of coffee been between runs is a thing of the past ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 4:50

Gaming Performance (28)

delivers 24 smoother one percent lows ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 8:01
offering four percent higher FPS on average but a whopping gain of 22 in the one percent low aspect ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 9:57
at 1080p we're seeing that the 6900 XT pulls away from the rest of to the pack with the 7900x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 9:10
at 1440p we're seeing the 3090 TI and the 7900x showing the best results ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 9:53
the same result here being echoed at 1440p and the 7900x tops out the chart with the 3090 TI at 4K ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 9:16
the 6900 XT at 1080p is showing us the best result with the 7900x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 8:41
the 9700x looks strong in home World 3 despite being just 3% faster than the 7700x it did match the average frame rate of the 1400k with much better 1% lows ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 6:39
3D can a strike two provides us with a rare example where the 9700x is double digits faster than the 7700x averaging 536 frames per second ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 7:07
with shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p the radian 6900 XT with the 7900x is the best result here ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 7:38
games like Diablo resurrected 7 days to die and a few other graphically intense titles ran flawlessly ▶ iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryz @ 2:25
outperform the Intel Core i-91290ok by 7 frames per second in Horizon zero Dawn ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 2:13
this is where the ryzen 5 7600x really shines no matter the resolution be it at 1080P 1440p or 4K the ryzen 5 7600x combo is able to basically output the same amount of frames in most titles compared to the ryzen 9 7900x ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 6:11
Battlefield 1 on Ultra details 176.3 FPS in average while the 12 900k is 173.3 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 8:31
at 4K once again with this Hardware the 3090 TI and the 7900x is showing the best result here ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 7:52
beating uh i900k in all games and definitely in most of the benchmarks ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 14:41
at 4K topping up the entire chart is the 7900x and the 3090 TI ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 9:59
the 9700x also looks strong in a plague Tower requin ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 6:53
at 1080p extreme which is highly GPU bound once again we're seeing the 7900x with the 3090 TI top out the results ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 8:03
losing one Watt and gaining seven percent average FPS ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 9:17
AMD has taken back the top spot from Intel for gaming performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 1:53
30 FPS Improvement in dirt rally ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 2:21
consistent gaming ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - 12 Core Zen 5 Review @ 15:41
at 1440p the 7900x and the 3090 TI is showing us the best result ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 7:46
same thing happens in Battlefield 5 we have 3 FPS difference ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 8:43
the ACC results are actually pretty good actually they're really good the 9700x is a good bit faster than the 7700x which is obviously what we want to see in this example the average frame rate was improved by 18% which is a significant uplift ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 6:04
it actually won a bit here and there and and this also applied to games ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 10:02
the average game performance did not take a hit at all ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 11:35
in games such as CS go or valarin the ryzen 5 7600x actually provides slightly more performance in comparison to the ryzen 97900x ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 6:29

Power Consumption (14)

consumes 83 Watts or 27 less power than the 7900x ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 14:28
226 Watts or 51 less than Intel's i7 13700k at full load ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 14:39
for effectively the same gaming performance the 13700k consumes 82 Watts or 16 more power from the wall ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 15:20
amd's own 7900x draws 62 Watts or 12 percent more power than its x3d version without relying on any sort of optimization ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 15:33
consumed 78 watts of power when idle, 5 Watts lower than the Intel Core i9980hk ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 3:01
how the hell did a 65 watt CPU managed to beat the crab out of the 200 Watts 5950x no matter if games software synthetics in every use case the 7950x at 65 Watts won't the only outliner being a stutter in Metro Exodus ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 12:40
Zen 3 architecture provides monumental leap in performance and energy efficiency ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 0:30
this is honestly really exciting in our opinion and especially compared to the competition from the likes of Nvidia or Intel where they are constantly pushing power it's really nice for Change ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 8:46
with a 65 watt eco mode it will still outperform the ryzen 5 7600x at 105 Watts by a large margin ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 9:13
the 9700x averaged just 221 wats which is a 27 watt saving when compared to the 7700x and that works out to be an 11% reduction ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 3:08
energy efficient ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 2:18
Zen 5 ryzen 9 is much more efficient than Zen 4 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - 12 Core Zen 5 Review @ 15:27
maximum power draw of 216 Watts when running cinebench r-23, far superior to the Intel CPU which hit 330.7 Watts ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 3:22
we are really impressed with what ryzen Sundown Series has to offer and it does live up to what AMD claims and more importantly efficiency is really at its best at lower TDP States ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 11:52

Value for Money (12)

one of the best all-rounder CPUs within the high-end mainstream tier when considering its high power efficiency ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 14:22
when I got this PC the price was incredibly competitive especially considering that the RX 470t alone was close to the entire PC's price during a sale ▶ iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryz @ 4:17
pricing has been set at $360 us which is 10% less than the MSRP of the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 0:17
7900 might still be the better pick all around ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 2:57
comparing the prices I think we can all conclude that 7900 X in those terms takes the win because with the slight performance increase it does give us a more value for money ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 11:05
smart investment for the future due to its price point ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 4:23
achieving over 98 percent of the total performance of the 750 for about 80 to 100 cheaper than the 7950 x3d ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 8:59
it's only going to get better over time ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 12:18
sell the included one to cut costs ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 3:05
great value for money pricing ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - 12 Core Zen 5 Review @ 15:20
with how EMB has implemented this system it's going to be quite the benefit for those of us who's going to build an assessment build for a workstation or even gaming but not needing to really buy those specific processor skills ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 8:57
cheaper easier to manage a lot more power under the hood if you're willing to try your hand on overclocking and a really decent cooler included right in the Box ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 10:04

Core Count & Speed (11)

7900 X ▶ The MOST BEAUTIFUL Gaming PC Ever?! - RTX 4070 Ti, Ryzen 9 7 @ 2:14
single core 200 20 40 7900x while the I9 2002 for the single core uh well we can see that it has some 18 cinebench points advantage ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 6:02
12 cores and 24 threads make it a multitasking powerhouse ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 0:57
we get 6000 megahertz right away ▶ 6 GHz Water Cooled Ryzen 9 7900X From BIOS to Benchmark @ 3:36
maximum turbo frequency reaching an impressive 5.6 gigahertz ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 0:13
single thread workloads still got an uplift ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 11:50
AMD has claimed a 16% IPC Improvement ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 0:39
an uplift of 16 for all core things ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 3:11
all the cores in ccd0 hit 6 gigahertz ▶ 6 GHz Water Cooled Ryzen 9 7900X From BIOS to Benchmark @ 3:41
compared to the previous generation we are looking at the same 16 cores 23 threads design but with an 800 megahertz uplift on the Boost clock a 1.1 gigahertz uplift on the base clock and 60 more Megs of combined L2 and L3 care ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 0:19
the 9700x is 10% faster when looking at single core performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 2:55

Cooling Requirements (8)

temperature of slightly over 80 degrees Celsius and the 7900x 3D is somewhat praiseworthy ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 15:50
pumping a lot less hot air into the rest of the case making it ideal for like small film practice boats ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 3:07
more than get away with a much less beefy cooling setup ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 3:02
I was pleasantly surprised for the most part this PC runs quietly no loud hum or irritating fan noise even when under load ▶ iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryz @ 3:59
reaches 88 degrees Celsius I would say these thermos are quite alright ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 12:06
7900 comes with The Wraith prism cooler ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 2:33
the most amazing thing about this would actually be the thermal performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 7:44
overall the machine stayed cool and quiet during my experience even when pushing it with demanding tasks ▶ iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryz @ 4:12

Compatibility (8)

compatible with AM4 platform, potentially saving money on motherboard upgrades ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 3:11
swapping out components like Ram or even adding more nbme drives is surprisingly easy ▶ iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryz @ 3:41
monster of a chip for your like small form factor build ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 10:00
upgrading to c5.0 allows you to use the fastest solid-state drives available today ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 0:45
support for ddr5 Ram ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 0:38
support for newer features to ensure amd's newest processors are future-proofed ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 0:31
it is compatible ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 10:33
one of my favorite aspects of this model is its upgradeability ▶ iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryz @ 3:38

Overclocking Potential (3)

non-x should have a little more Headroom to play with ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 8:43
unlock it to go even faster ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 3:13
fully unlocked for overclocking ▶ AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review @ 1:52

Cons (103)

Performance (26)

7900x 3D drops behind the 7900x by 4 percent ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 5:13
Intel with their 13700k manage a lead of over 12 over the 7900x 3D ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 5:21
CPU has some weaknesses ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 0:11
I ran into a GPU bottleneck the RTX 1390 simply no longer offers enough Graphics horsepower to properly help showcase the differences between those individual CPUs especially the x3d versions ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 6:54
handbrake makes the 7900x 3D drop behind more noticeably now it's 10 slower than the 7900x ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 6:26
AMD surely has plans for ryzen 9 with 3D cache and in some of those test results the Zen Falls with 3D are really good ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - 12 Core Zen 5 Review @ 16:18
x3d is seven percent slower than its X version ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 6:43
running on the lower frequency cores is costing more than the extra V cash ads ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 13:34
a 4% loss to the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 7:39
700x was advantaged as a result of its higher frequency and higher power design and posted a six percent improvement over the 700x3d ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 15:36
we found it to be 5% slower ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 8:57
unfortunately we didn't see as dramatic and uplift as we saw in the synthetic and productivity benchmarks ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 8:08
the blow got quite a lot bigger while single thread workloads still got an uplift due to the single core still being able to boost to 5.7 gigahertz multiple workloads got a bigger hit with a maximum of 27 and handbrake ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 11:48
it was also shocking to find that the 9700x was actually slower than the 7700x in some games and even some applications and it's this inconsistent performance that makes the 9700x particularly bad ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 14:59
it was slower than only the 7800 X 3D ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 7:18
regular 7900 does fall to when facing off of the X variant by a notable margin running slower than it by around 4.5 to 7.1 percent ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 5:45
no benefit to the V cash variant of the 700x 3D ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 17:05
another example where the 7700 X is slightly faster than the 9700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 8:16
it was just 3% faster than the 7700x so a few frames better than the 14900 K but much slower than the 7800x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 6:56
7900x3d required eight and a half minutes to complete the render ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 15:32
700x3d was worse than the 700x by 50 points here it's not a lot but it's definitely not better ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 16:47
not routinely better and in some places it gives up a meaningful lead ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 17:43
7950 x3d leads the 79x3d by 14 here with the 5800 xvd embarrassing the 700x3d by tying it or functionally tying it ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 11:07
this is another example where the 9700x and 7700x are very similar in terms of gaming performance with the older 7700 X offering a few extra frames so super disappointing stuff here from AMD especially after 2 years ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 7:48
across the 13 games we tested the 9700 X was a grand total of 3% faster than the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 8:35
no benefit at all and any of the production or workstation tests that we run ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 18:35

Other (22)

24 % more expensive than the current retail price of the 7700x which is just $290 us so that's a pretty big premium for the New Zen 5 model ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 0:28
the 9700x is a whole 2% faster than the 7700x in this test and that's really not much of a performance uplift ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 2:33
the 9700x was actually 3% slower than the 7700x so that's an extremely disappointing result ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 3:23
when compared to the 4600k it was 2% slower ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 4:38
while the ryzen 5 7 600x shows far behind ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 5:20
CPU score was 12 628 which is just a bit behind 12 900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 8:12
excluding one which was 3D Mark Times by ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 14:48
the blender open data results go unchanged 129 samples per minute for both the 7700x and 9700x making the New Zen 5 processor 11% slower than the core I 54600 ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 3:46
the only real concern as a consumer right now will really be the price and value no matter how you slice it it will be expensive as an early adopter of the new platform especially with ddr5 pricing and whatnot ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 12:03
I'm still used to the 50 maximum 60 degrees Celsius and even going lower if it's a custom Loop so I'm still trying to apprehend the new thermals in the new processor segment ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 12:13
testing with The Last of Us Part One we see that the 9700 X is actually slower yeah slower than the 7700 XY 3% margin ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 5:07
occasionally I noticed some display flickering which might be more of a minor software or driver hiccup than a hardware flaw it didn't affect the gameplay much but it's something to note if you're sensitive to visual inconsistencies ▶ iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryz @ 2:49
the ryzen 57600x on the other hand does leave much to be desired ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 4:10
if you have an M4 cooler that requires the removal of the integrated AMD backplate it will likely not be compatible ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 10:50
as for the ryzen 5 7600x it does far behind yet again especially against its main competitor right now the core i5 12600k ▶ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen @ 4:41
the 9700x is at least faster than the 7700x here by a few frames so a mere 2% Improvement and that is a disappointing Improvement for sure ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 5:33
5800x3d makes the 700x3 look bad ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 11:27
the front fan intake seems to pick up a lot of dust especially pet hair so you'll want to clean it out regularly about once every 2 weeks if you're a pet owner like me ▶ iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryz @ 3:24
for these multi-core workloads AMD is still well behind Intel's core i54 600k ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 2:43
it was also slightly slower for the decompression workload trailing by 1 1 half% margin ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 3:33
the 9700 X is a mere 2% faster than the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 4:46
Performance in Hogwarts Legacy is much the same using either the 7700x or 9700x so no improvement here then it's also disappointing to see that we're only looking at core i7 at 12 700k light performance in this example ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 5:50

Cooling Requirements (16)

7900x went to maximum 74 degrees Celsius ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 4:21
terminals 89 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 5:28
there is a hard shutdown coming at exactly 108.5 degrees C package temperature ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 8:45
temperature of 90 degrees Celsius ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 6:17
it's just a bit confusing considering I've had no problems mounting these coolers to the new CPUs ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 10:41
terminals of 89 degrees Celsius ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 7:28
produced the highest CPU temperatures in the group test registering at 44 degrees Celsius when idle ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 4:14
7900x went up to maximum 79 degrees Celsius ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 4:43
require an expensive cooling solution if you want maximum power ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 4:37
temperature went up to 90 degrees ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 5:34
terminals 94 degrees Celsius ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 7:19
air coolers are not okay if you want to let the CPU go wild it is water cooling only ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 13:41
terminals in Indigo Benchmark went up to 89 degrees Celsius ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 5:12
the hottest processor when using PC Mark 10 extended benchmarks ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 4:26
eco mode while pulling 225 Watts from the socket this thing was basically uncoolable using a liquid freezer 420 we were looking at 94.5 degrees C ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 8:50
CPU and to see The Thermals it went up to 86 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals @ 6:51

Gaming Performance (10)

at 1440p in cyberpunk we're seeing the 6900 XT show us the best result however the 12900k slightly edges out the 7900x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 8:50
sure things like metro lost quite a bit of stability looking at its minimum FPS ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 11:37
a stutter in Metro Exodus ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 12:57
at 1440p custom with depth the field and no motion blur turned on we're seeing that actually the 12900k is showing us the better result here ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 8:15
pretty weird deviation of 15 lower one percent lows measurable compared to the 7900x ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 9:10
the Spider-Man remaster results though are less impressive but at least we're still looking at a 5% boost averaging 153 FPS though that is 12 700 K light performance so it's not amazing for a nextg product ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 6:25
the 9700x was a whole per faster in Hitman 3 taking us from 238 frames a second to 241 frames per second so pretty riveting stuff ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 8:04
in most of the other games tested the results were a little underwhelming ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 8:25
at 4K in cyberpunk we're seeing the 12 900k and the 3090 TI show us the best result ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 8:56
at 1080p the 3090 TI is the fastest with the 12900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks @ 9:39

Value for Money (8)

the price at the end of the day without truly coming out on top by a very noticeable margin in games and especially in productive workloads the i7 13700k by Intel appears to be the better choice as far as the price to Performance ratio is concerned ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 16:31
AMD doesn't seem all that interested in making any of this easy for us during the production of this video I've seen the 7900x selling for cheaper than the 7900 at least three different times and at the time of filming that's still the case with the 7900x landing at 10 cheaper ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 9:33
increasing the cost by 38 MSRP to MSRP for 13 more performance really not a good deal ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 10:16
you can buy a non-x version of this that is cheaper that's what I would probably recommend ▶ The MOST BEAUTIFUL Gaming PC Ever?! - RTX 4070 Ti, Ryzen 9 7 @ 2:18
if you're watching this even like three or four weeks after this video comes out then consider looking at the 7800 X 3D as I would wager that the performance of that for gaming is actually going to be a fair bit better than this ▶ The MOST BEAUTIFUL Gaming PC Ever?! - RTX 4070 Ti, Ryzen 9 7 @ 2:24
AMD is asking $360 us for the 9700x making it 24% more costly than the 7700x ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 10:59
you're effectively paying 15 per single digit percentage Point uplift ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 10:09
no it is not worth buying ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 17:15

Core Count & Speed (7)

sacrificing quite a bit of clock speeds ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 3:57
overall lower clock speeds on the x3d ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 4:38
non-x bar takes a big hit space clock speed landing at 3.7 gigahertz a full gigahertz lower than its hexadorn brother ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 2:04
slightly lower clock speed than the previous generation ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 1:39
opted not to increase the number of cores and threads available ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 1:28
Max boost clock the non-x lands at 5.4 gigahertz it has 200 megahertz lower than its X counterpart ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 2:11
one could criticize the six core layout of the two ccds ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 16:05

Compatibility (6)

x670e is probably higher ends than I would recommend going really unless you actively want PCI gen 5 ▶ The MOST BEAUTIFUL Gaming PC Ever?! - RTX 4070 Ti, Ryzen 9 7 @ 2:06
need to buy a new motherboard with the new am 4 am3 plus sockets ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Proces @ 1:00
software can potentially get confused by the Dual chiplet design of ryzen 9 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - 12 Core Zen 5 Review @ 16:49
chipset and bios updates and then Xbox game bar which kind of sucks ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 2:56
need to see x870 motherboards to figure out which ddr5 should be used ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - 12 Core Zen 5 Review @ 15:55
require some specific setup steps that you can't skip you really need to make sure you do this stuff right otherwise you're potentially robbing yourself of upwards of 30 of your performance if you configure it incorrectly ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the @ 2:40

Power Consumption (6)

removing the 7900 joins like uh does come with some drawbacks during testing the overclock made the chip draw just under 180 Watts double what it was drawing at stock settings and that obviously meant more E2 with our Max temp jumping from 63 all the way up to a totally 95 degrees ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 8:49
7950x 3D shows a rather unfavorable idle power draw when comparing with the competition Intel ▶ Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D @ 14:49
eco mode especially for the 7950x letting it run in cinebench or 23 with all buyer settings set to default and PBO specifically disabled this thing pulls 225 Watts from the socket ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 8:17
the 9700x only reduced total system usage by 16 Watts that's a 3% reduction of course that is a 26% saving when compared to the 14900 K which was limited to 253 wats in our test but relative to zen4 the gains aren't that impressive ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 9:37
with all settings set to default and PBO specifically disabled this thing pushes 225 Watts through the socket in cinebench all of course so you prepare for a nice electricity bill ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! @ 0:41
PBO also increases the total system usage by 25% so that 9% boost certainly comes at a cost ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 10:36

Overclocking Potential (2)

there's very little to be gained at best I found a 4% increase but most of the titles we were looking at more like a 2% increase or thereabouts ▶ AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! @ 10:42
overclocking this puppy it does pretty much eliminate two of the Chip's biggest benefits unless you take the time to dial in your OC settings to find a good balance between performance power draw and temperature ▶ DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review @ 9:10

Review sources

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Review - Zen 5 Sucks For Gaming! by Hardware Unboxed — 12 pros, 25 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Review: The Most Brutal CPU Yet! by STS — 20 pros, 8 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Benchmarks & Thermals by PC Crazy — 12 pros, 12 cons
Is the HATE Justified? - No! — AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D by Nicolas11x12 English — 10 pros, 12 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Review | Supremely Powerful Desktop Processor by UK Best Reviewer — 14 pros, 6 cons
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE "X"! - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review by The Tech Tank — 10 pros, 8 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Gaming PC Goes BRRRR + Benchmarks by Gear Seekers — 12 pros, 5 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks: Spoiled by the 5800X3D by Gamers Nexus — 2 pros, 14 cons
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & Ryzen 9 7900X Review + Benchmark - Ryzen 5 FTW Yet Again! by Terafied — 9 pros, 5 cons
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X Review by Rbarrax Reseñas — 12 pros, 0 cons
iBUYPOWER Y60 Black Gaming PC Review Y60BA9N47TS03 | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti by GG Tech Reviews — 7 pros, 2 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - 12 Core Zen 5 Review by KitGuruTech — 4 pros, 3 cons
The MOST BEAUTIFUL Gaming PC Ever?! - RTX 4070 Ti, Ryzen 9 7900X All White Build Guide | AD by PC Centric — 2 pros, 3 cons
6 GHz Water Cooled Ryzen 9 7900X From BIOS to Benchmark by SkatterBencher — 2 pros, 0 cons

Frequently asked questions

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X worth buying?

Based on 14 independent YouTube reviews, the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X scores 3.2/5 with 128 positive and 103 negative points mentioned by reviewers, placing it #48 in the CPUs category.

What do reviewers like most about the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X?

The most praised aspects are performance, gaming performance, power consumption — Performance (44 mentions), Gaming Performance (28 mentions), Power Consumption (14 mentions).

What are the most common complaints about the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X?

Reviewers most frequently criticize performance, other — Performance (26 mentions), Other (22 mentions).

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