AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700
For gaming, the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 is 7% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 74 79
Cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Top speed 4.9 GHz 5.3 GHz
Rated power 105 W 65 W
Games at recommended 230 231
Released20202023
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X better than the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 scores 79 and the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 74.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti for the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 for the AMD Ryzen 7 7700.