Ryzen 7 9700X vs Ryzen 5 7500X3D
Short answer: which is best?
Ryzen 7 9700X is 38.5 % stronger than Ryzen 5 7500X3D. Ryzen 7 9700X ranks #13 of 94 measured processors at WhatFPS (12,072 CPU score over 5 verified runs). Ryzen 5 7500X3D ranks #42 of 94 measured processors at WhatFPS (8,715 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 6 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Ryzen 7 9700X | Ryzen 5 7500X3D |
|---|---|---|
| CPU score (the processor's own performance) | 12,072 | 8,715 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 13,698 | 9,713 |
| Integer (MT) | 8.3 Gop/s | 5.4 Gop/s |
| Single-thread (1T) | 0.89 Gop/s | 0.6 Gop/s |
| Draw calls/s (DX11) | 15,898,642 | 11,965,092 |
| Cores / threads | 8 / 16 | 6 / 12 |
| L3 cache | 32 MB | 96 MB |
What the numbers mean
The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
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