AMD Ryzen 9 7950X & Ryzen 7 7700X ‘Zen 4’ Review

1. Ryzen 7000 - Introducing Zen 4 and AM52. A Closer Look - AMD's Zen 4 Architecture3. A Closer Look - The AM5 Platform4. Testing Methodology5. Operating Clocks6. CPU Tests: Blender & Cinebench7. CPU Tests: Handbrake & 7-Zip8. Memory Tests: Memory Bandwidth and Latency9. Synthetic Gaming: 3DMark10. Gaming 1080p: ACV, BL3, F1 202111. Gaming 1080p: FC6, Hitman 3, SotTR, WDL12. Gaming 1080p - Relative Performance Summary13. Gaming 1440p - ACV, BL3, F1 2021, FC614. Gaming 1440p - Hitman 3, SotTR, WDL15. Gaming 1440p - Relative Performance Summary16. Technical: Power Draw17. Technical: Temperatures18. Overclocking19. Perf. Per Watt and £20. Zen 4 vs Zen 3 - Clock-for-Clock Comparison21. RDNA 2 Integrated GPU22. Closing Thoughts23. View All Pages

Now focussing on 1440p results – a more appropriate resolution for high-end gaming hardware. Here, we expect to see the performance margins squeezed as the effect of GPU performance saturation holds a greater influence.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is basically the same performance across the board, particularly when error margins are factored in.

Borderlands 3 shows roughly the same trend, though the three top-tier performers – Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Ryzen 9 7950X, and Core i9-12900K – do look to be slightly better choices.

F1 2021 runs at lofty frame rates on a potato, so any of the chips will be absolutely fine here, even though the Core i9-12900K is technically a small percentage behind that Ryzen pack.

Massive GPU load imparted by the 1440p resolution basically nullifies Intel’s technical advantage in Far Cry 6. With that said, the Core i9-12900K does show tangibly higher 1% low values. As do both Ryzen 7000 chips versus the Ryzen 7 5800X3D.

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