Synthetic System Benchmarks
On this page, we will show synthetic benchmarks, some that test a variety of system use-case scenarios, and others that test specific multi-core and single-core/thread workloads to hone in on performance differences. Note that the graphs are arranged from fastest to slowest, and the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X CPU is highlighted. One of the primary goals while reading the performance is to see the difference between the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 7700X. Of course, the competition is included as well. Take note that Core/Thread count differences will affect many results in multi-core/multi-thread testing.
PCMark 10 Express
PCMark 10 Express tests workloads as follows: PCMark 10 Express is a benchmark that focuses on basic work tasks. It is a good choice when tendering for PCs for general office use. The PCMark 10 Express benchmark focuses on the performance needs of a typical office worker. It tests Essentials and Productivity.
This benchmark focuses mainly on workloads that are more lightly threaded in office applications. We find that the new AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is 7% faster than the Ryzen 7 7700X, according to this system benchmark of lightly threaded workloads. This puts it as one of the fastest CPUs on this graph, beating the Intel Core i5-14700K and Intel Core i7-14600K by 8% and 7% respectively.
Geekbench 6
We are using Geekbench version 6.3.0 for our testing. We will show Multi-Core (nT) and Single-Core (1T) performance in separate graphs.
According to Geekbench Multi-Core testing, the new AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is 7% faster than the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Multi-Core performance. At this performance level, it puts the Ryzen 7 9700X near the top of the chart on performance but does ultimately sit 6% slower than the Intel Core i5-14600K and 20% slower than the Intel Core i7-14700K due to their increased core counts. The Ryzen 7 9700X is an 8-core/16-thread CPU while the 14600K has access to 20 threads, and the 14700K has access to 28 threads.
The new AMD Ryzen 7 9700X really shines in its Single-Core performance. The new AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is 13% faster than the Ryzen 7 7700X in single-core performance, which shows promise. At this performance level, the Ryzen 7 9700X has the fastest single-core performance out of every CPU on this graph. The Ryzen 7 9700X is 19% faster than the Intel Core i5-14600K and 10% faster than the Intel Core i7-14700K. Also, take note that the slowest CPU for Single-Core performance is the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, and therefore the Ryzen 7 9700X is 22% faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in Single-Core performance!
3DMark CPU Profile
We are testing 3DMark’s CPU Profile which tests Max Thread performance and Single Thread performance, we are reporting both on separate graphs.
Unlike Geekbench, in 3DMark’s CPU Profile Test the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is on par with the performance of the previous Ryzen 7 7700X CPU for Max Thread performance. We reached out to AMD in regards to the performance we experienced in this test, to check our sanity. AMD ran the exact same tests we ran and reported its results as: 9193 for the 9700X and 9153 for the 7700X in AMD’s performance testing, showing again that performance is practically the same, in this particular test.
Suffice it to say, that in this test, both CPUs are on par in performance due to clock speed and power differences. Keep in mind that the Ryzen 7 9700X is operating at less power (lower TDP), than the Ryzen 7 7700X, yet is still matching it in performance, which you will see is impressive.
At this performance level, the 14600K and 14700K are faster, due to their higher thread count. The Ryzen 7 9700X is also 13% faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D which has the same core/thread count.
The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X once again shines in the 1-Thread or single-thread performance testing according to 3DMark. Similar to Geekbench, the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is at the top of the charts in performance, performing the fastest single-thread performance out of any CPU here. The Ryzen 7 9700X is 15% faster than the Ryzen 7 7700X in single-thread performance! At this performance level, the 9700X is 15% faster than the 14600K and 8% faster than the 14700K. Once again, we also see that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has the slowest single-thread performance, and that puts the Ryzen 7 9700X 31% faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D on single-thread performance!!
PerformanceTest 11
In PassMark PerformanceTest 11 CPU Mark result the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is 1% faster than the Ryzen 7 7700X, again much like 3DMark’s Multi-Thread performance test. The impressive part, as you will find, is that the Ryzen 7 9700X matches the performance in this test at less power. This test weighs heavily on multi-thread performance, as is evidenced by the 14600K and 14700K doing much better with more thread access.