Wasted Opportunity: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. 7800X3D, 7700X, & More

Sponsor: Hyte Y70 Case on Amazon AMD’s Zen 5 Ryzen 7 9700X has now launched. This benchmark and review compares the AMD R7 9700X vs. the R7 7800X3D, R7 7700X, Intel i9-14900K, 14700K, 5800X3D, and more. The benchmarks include gaming benchmarks, production workloads, power, efficiency, thermals, and more. This review looks at some of the best CPUs right now, but also keeps a heavy focus on the highest value CPUs in the comparison. We have brand new red, green, and yellow solder & project mats joining our existing blue! Support our testing directly by buying one! (use code THISISFINE for 10% off until August 14! The best way to support our work is through our store: Living doc of test information (still updating): Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: Watch our Zen 5 architecture basics here: Learn about Intel’s current problems here: RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] AMD R7 9700X on Amazon: AMD R7 9700X on Newegg: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D on Newegg: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D on Amazon: AMD R7 5700X3D on Amazon: AMD R7 5700X3D on Newegg: We are currently holding any Intel recommendations until the company releases its new microcode and we have some renewed confidence in the parts. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - AMD R7 9700X CPU Review 02:28 - Price Comparison & Update 03:31 - Stability Problems 06:01 - Methodology & Software 08:04 - CPU Power Consumption on 9700X 09:05 - Efficiency Benchmark 10:05 - Frequency: All-Core Boost 11:13 - Frequency: Single-Core Boost 11:39 - Thermal Sensor Change Comparison 13:48 - Starfield Gaming CPU Benchmarks 15:05 - FFXIV: Dawntrail CPU Benchmarks (1080p & 1440p) 16:48 - Baldur’s Gate 3 Best CPUs 17:57 - Dragon’s Dogma 2 CPU Comparison 19:01 - F1 24 9700X vs. 7800X3D 20:22 - Stellaris Simulation Time 21:49 - Blender Best CPUs for Rendering 23:21 - Compression & Decompression 24:14 - Photoshop CPU Benchmarks 24:57 - Premiere CPU Tests 25:37 - Code Compile (Chromium) 26:07 - SpecWS Rodinia CFD 26:26 - SpecWS LAMMPS Biomedical Test 27:03 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Test Lead Patrick Lathan: Testing Mike Gaglione: Testing Jeremy Clayton: QC Video Editing: Vitalii Makhnovets Camera: Andrew Coleman