Ryzen 9 9900X vs Ryzen 7 5800XT
Short answer: which is best?
Ryzen 9 9900X is 15.2 % stronger than Ryzen 7 5800XT. Ryzen 9 9900X ranks #9 of 44 measured processors at WhatFPS (11,384 CPU score over 3 verified runs). Ryzen 7 5800XT ranks #15 of 44 measured processors at WhatFPS (9,879 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 4 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Ryzen 9 9900X | Ryzen 7 5800XT |
|---|---|---|
| CPU score (the processor's own performance) | 11,384 | 9,879 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 15,624 | 5,657 |
| Integer (MT) | 9.4 Gop/s | 7.4 Gop/s |
| Single-thread (1T) | 0.89 Gop/s | 0.62 Gop/s |
| Draw calls/s (DX11) | 15,180,900 | 11,492,230 |
| Cores / threads | 12 / 24 | 8 / 16 |
| L3 cache | 64 MB | 32 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
All measurements for Ryzen 9 9900X · All measurements for Ryzen 7 5800XT