Test Setup
We are using three different platforms today, an AMD X670E AM5-based platform, an AMD X570 AM4-based platform, and an Intel Z690-based platform. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 7 7700X are tested on the AMD X670E AM5 platform shown above in the table. We used the BIOS recommended by and provided by AMD (9927) for testing on this motherboard. It is based on the new AGESA ComboAM5PI_1006 version. We used the chipset drivers provided by AMD for testing. Windows was installed fresh on each CPU with all the latest updates.
The AM4 platform consists of an ASUS ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Hero Wi-Fi with BIOS 4402 dated 2/8/2023 and 32GB of G.SKILL Trident Z Neo 3600MHz DDR4 at CL16 and the same MSI MEG CORELIQUID S360 AIO cooler.
The Intel Socket 1700 platform consists of an MSI MEG Z690 ACE motherboard with BIOS 7D27v19 dated 1/17/2023 and the same AMD provided G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo DDR5 at 6000MHz and CL30 and the same MSI MEG CORELIQUID S360 AIO cooler. We used an Intel Core i5-13600K for testing since we did not have an Intel Core i5-13700K at the time of testing. The primary difference between them for gaming would be the maximum boost frequency of 200-300MHz difference.
As noted above, the exact same DDR5 memory was used on the Intel and AMD AM5 platforms at the same frequency and timings. In this way, we have an apples-to-apples comparison between the platforms.
An NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition with driver GeForce 531.41 was common on all platforms for testing.