AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 170
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2020
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
AMD
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon 680M
Generation
—
Ryzen 7 (Zen 3+ (Rembrandt))
Package
Transistor Count
4.15 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
6 nm
Socket
AM4
FP7
Power Consumption
105 W
35-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
90°C
95 °C
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
210 mm²
Package
—
FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
8
Performance Core Threads
24
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
4.75 GHz
Total Core Count
12
8
Total Thread Count
24
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
32
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800,LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
—
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
20
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Shader Units
—
768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
—
32
Execution Units
—
12
Power Consumption
—
15
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,670
—
Cinebench R23
22,046
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Geekbench 6
2,235
2,044
Geekbench 6
12,589
10,120
Cinebench 2024
94
86
Cinebench 2024
1,189
720
Passmark CPU
3,470
3,030
Passmark CPU
39,196
21,830
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.