Bought AMD? You got played – Ryzen 7000 non-X Review

AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series cranked up the power draw, but had performance to match. Now that the non-X chips are out with limited power draw, did AMD accidentally play themselves – And you?

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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:18 Specs, or: What does an X mean?
2:14 Intel's trying not to compete too hard
3:36 Some notes about our test setup
4:34 Gaming benchmarks
8:04 Productivity benchmarks
11:03 Thermals
12:08 Clock stability
13:04 Power consumption
13:41 Performance per Watt
14:41 Overclocking
15:44 Pricing, platform cost, and upgrade path
17:03 Conclusion - An excellent value

[Gargantura]

Linus, we all know that we gonna buy this CPU like 3 years after it arrive with 50% of initial prices

[yaseen]

That thermals chart is insane! I'm so happy to see a return to awesome midrange CPUs, and am very excited for the budget ones.

[cpypcy]

Fun fact: Factorio devs mentioned in one of the blogs that they optimized game code so much that it's mostly bottlenecked by cpu cache rather than clock speed. Also ram speed boosts performance too and by a lot!

[CanIHasThisName]

Labs are definitely showing their value, great review.
I think you should also include idle power draw. It can be a big deal for some use cases and sometimes people may find that their systems are drawing more at idle than they should (had that happen recently and it turned out to be a driver issue), so it's useful to know where approximately they should be.

[paulreeves]

This one aged well, whoever bought AMD still has a working pc 😂

[JohnSheppardWasTakenThxYT]

Short Feedback on the new Performance Graphs: They are very nice and clean but it is a little confusing how they are ordered. You seem to randomly order them either for average or for 5% lows but never consistently. You have graphs where some CPU is in the Middle by it's average, directly behind you have one that has lower average, but higher 5% lows, after which you have one that has higher average, but lower 5% lows, which makes it hard to quickly see, which CPU is actually faster. Both ordering methods, average or 5% lows are totally viable, but you should choose one and stick to it to make the graphs more easily readable, especially since you show them for a limited amount of time. That means pausing the video constantly is a necessity to take in the information acuratly, which makes it harder to follow the script while those graphs are on screen. Other then that, Lab seems to really do a great job here!

[mesgotsits]

THANK YOU for finally including Factorio benchmarks on your CPU reviews.

I think CPU benchmarking in industry reviews are way too focused on AAA GPU-bound action games instead of processing-intensive strategy/sim games. Titles like Factorio and Civilization 6 are very relevant for people shopping for the optimal gaming CPU.

[vexedhulk]

Looks like they made the 7600 with the same idea that the 3600 played out to be. I really like it!
I'm still using R5 3600 and don't have any intentions on upgrading soon. I'm still running at stock but when it starts to wear down, I'll simply need to OC a bit to match what ever GPU I have(currently a RX 6650 XT).

[RCmies]

AMD being able to pull off these power draws just gives me a lot of faith in their engineers.

[TheJackiMonster]

Upgraded from 2700X to the 5900X recently and even with its eco mode capped at 65W it's a massive improvement to me. So I will probably wait for the next huge efficiency jump and another increase in thread count.

[Hittorito]

7600 is ice cold, which is lovely. Can't wait for it to age and see more cheaper options and small factor options!

[Mraz]

If you are still on AM4 mobo, the 5800x3d is a great cap filler without the need of new mobo/ram/cpu and it seems to be staying on par with the next gen CPU's

[NanzoGonzo]

Waiting for the 3D prices, but that 7900 is looking amazingly efficient for a nice price

[qwertimus]

Very excited to see what the 3D V-Cache chips offer. Amazing how competitive the 5800X3D is a generation later

[aaronthewhiz]

So the 7600 is the new budget king, the 7700 is DOA, and the 7900 is a power efficient mid/high-end monster? If only Radeon could deliver like Ryzen

Edit: changed the 7900 from mid-range to mid/high end

[JRFKSERRANO]

As an SFF user, those temps are impressive. I would definitely go this route once I move to am5.

[PaulManington]

Love the frames per watt charts. Would love a real deep dive on this with eco modes on cpus and maybe even power limits / fps limits on gpus too!

[terryshrader]

Hey just wanted to say thank you for the channel. I used to be a system builder back at the turn of the century and into the sli Era of gaming. I'm slowly catching up with the new tech. So glad to see some other enthusiasts make these videos.

[TheTalamier]

All of the X version chips were available for $10 -$20 above these new chips between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I picked up a 7700X for $339 from Newegg. Currently, the new chips are a great value but early adopters of the X series did just fine.

[__-fmqv]

The performance per watt is insanely impressive. I can imagine it being useful for say a university environment, where you might have 100's of machines working on students engineering projects or similar. You want the performance but also dont' want to use too much energy.