AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    160%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    156%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    163%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 56% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 63% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 60% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700

40 watts lower power draw.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 2700
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 2700
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsAMD Zen+
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameVermeervsZen
Release DateNov 2020vsMar 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 2700
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 2700
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 2700
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 2700
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs4100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP105 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    5640 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    4510 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    44505 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    34355 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (simulated)
    266.33
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (simulated)
    169.66

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (simulated)
    2551.14
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    1561

points - higher is better