The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X Review: Zen 5 is Alive
by Gavin Bonshor on August 7, 2024 9:00 AM ESTGaming Performance: 720p
The reason we test games in CPU reviews at lower resolutions such as 720p and below is simple; titles are more likely to be CPU bound than they are GPU bound at lower resolutions. This means there are more frames for the processor to process as opposed to the graphics card doing the majority of the heavy lifting.
There are some variances where some games will still use graphical power, but not as much CPU grunt at these smaller resolutions, and this is where we can show where CPU limitations lie in terms of gaming.
Note: We are currently benchmarking more processors as we speak, so we will update these graphs as the results come in. It may take hours or days, but more data points are coming.
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At lower resolutions, such as 720p, the CPU has more onus than the graphics. We can see that while the Zen 5 laden Ryzen 7 9700X does outperform the previous Ryzen 7 7700 in the majority of the suite at 720p, there's certainly plenty of performance when you compare it to how close things are to the Intel Core i9-14900K, albeit at Intel's recommended specifications and not at the whim of overzealous motherboards.
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Golgatha777 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - link
Thanks for the review. I personally would have liked to see a 7800X3D in the benchmarks. Also, I would have omitted 720p and replaced it with 1440p gaming benchmarks. 1080p is perfectly fine for a synthetic benchmark to see which CPU is faster overall and a lot of gamers run 1440p.kpb321 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - link
Agreed. The 7800X3D should be very close in price to the 9700X so having both in the gaming charts would be pretty nice. Offhand I assume it will be a mix. For standard game the 9700x should have a small lead due to the Zen 5 improvements. For things that are cache sensitive that will make the 7800X3D more competitive or even faster.heffeque - Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - link
It doesn't make sense.The 7800X3D should be compared to the 9800X3D (which will come in a few months).
Trackster11230 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - link
It makes sense to compare the 7800X3D to the 9700X due to price, and I'm sure it'll be compared against the 9800X3D when it comes out too. These aren't mutually exclusive.Klober - Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - link
Seriously? Did none of you pay attention to the charts? There's clearly a 7800X3D in all but 2 of the charts on this page alone. I could maybe see an argument made for the 7900X3D (coincidentally, the CPU I have which I why I noted it's missing) but not the 7800X3D.Trackster11230 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - link
Yes, I see it in the charts, hence my comment about it making sense being in here. It's similar in price to the 9700X, so it makes sense to compare from that metric. What's so difficult to understand?I could make an argument too that an 8c/16t CPU makes more sense to compare to than the 7900X3D with 12c/24t.
boozed - Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - link
Seems odd that the gaming CPU is missing from the gaming resultsboozed - Thursday, August 8, 2024 - link
"Note: We are currently benchmarking more processors as we speak"I should read harder
Oxford Guy - Friday, August 16, 2024 - link
They said that they would re-test the Intel chips over the weekend in May. Did those updated benchmarks ever get done and published?frshi - Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - link
The table says Quad Channel DDR support, I don't think that's true. It's 4 slots but it's dual channel, isn't it?