AMD Ryzen 7 - All The Generations Tested

In the past few weeks KitGuru has reviewed four AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs. Then, just as things were calming down, AMD told us about a Windows 11 Update that would - apparently - transform the performance of their new Zen 5 technology.

00:00 Intro
02:07 Background, thoughts and moving targets
03:15 The goal - generational improvements?
03:48 System hardware
05:44 Results
12:16 Closing thoughts / Windows updates

All that benchmarking made us wonder exactly what counts as decent generational uplift. Is 5 percent pathetic? is ten percent OK? or should we demand at lease 20 percent from each and every generation. Our solution was to line up ten different models of AMD Ryzen 7 from the original Zen 1800X right up to the Zen 7 9700X. Spoiler alter, there are graphs ahead.

Test systems
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9000 and Ryzen 7000
Motherboard: MSI MEG X670E Ace
RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C30

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5000 and Ryzen 3000
Motherboard: Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus
RAM: 32GB Corsair LPX DDR4-3600 C16

CPU: AMD Ryzen 2000 and Ryzen 000
Motherboard: Gigabyte X470 Aorus Faming 7 WiFi
RAM: 16GB G.Skill Flare X DDR4-3200 C14

Shared parts for all test systems:
Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Gaming OC 16GB
CPU cooler: Phanteks Glacier One 360D30
SSD: 1TB Crucial T700
Power Supply: Seasonic Prime GX-1600 ATX 3.0

2024 Zen 5 Granite Ridge Ryzen 9000, Socket AM5 on TSMC 4nm, I/O die is TSMC 6nm with DDR5. 80KB L1 per core, 1MB L2 per core, 28x lanes of PCIe Gen 5.
IO die is still 9.7mm x 12.6mm = 122.2mm2
Ryzen 7 9700X £340 inc VAT

2022 Zen 4 Raphael Ryzen 7000, Socket AM5 on TSMC 5nm, I/O die is TSMC 6nm with DDR5. 64KB L1 per core, 1MB L2 per core, 28x lanes of PCIe Gen 5.
7800X3D £350 inc VAT today, $449/£479 inc VAT at launch in April 2023
7700X £300 inc VAT today, $399/£420 inc VAT at launch in September 2022
7700 non-X £290 inc VAT today, $309/£340 inc VAT at launch in January 2023

2020 Zen 3 Vermeer Ryzen 5000, Socket AM4 on TSMC 7nm with DDR4. 64KB L1 per core, 512KB L2 per core, 24x lanes of PCIe Gen 4.
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Ryzen 7 5800X is £180 inc VAT today, $449/£420 inc VAT at launch in November 2020
105W TDP,

2019 Zen 2 Matisse Ryzen 3000, Socket AM4 on TSMC 7nm, I/O on Global Foundries 12nm with DDR4. 64KB L1 per core, 512KB L2 per core, 32MB L3. 24x lanes of PCIe Gen 4.
Ryzen 7 3700X, base clock 3.6GHz, Max Boost 4.4GHz

2018 Zen+ Pinnacle Ridge Ryzen 2000, Socket AM4 on Global Foundries 12nm with DDR4. 96KB L1 per core, 512KB L2 per core, 16MB shared L3. 24x lanes of PCIe Gen 3.
Ryzen 7 2700X, base clock 3.7GHz, Max Boost 4.3GHz

2017 Zen Summit Ridge Ryzen 1000, Socket AM4 on Global Foundries 14nm with DDR4. 96KB L1 per core, 512KB L2 per core, 16MB or 8MB shared L3?. 24x lanes of PCIe Gen 3.
Ryzen 7 1800X, 95W TDP, base clock 3.6GHz, Max Boost 4.0GHz, XFR 4.1GHz

#ryzen7 #zen5 #9700x

[KitGuruTech]

Be sure to report spam as soon as you see it, we try to remove it ASAP. Also let us know your thoughts - you guys waiting for the new 3D models to launch or have you already bought a new Zen 5 processor, let us know

[thetechdevil-jnvo]

Just the right amount of info without getting tedious and painful. Nice to see you got hold of a 7700 as well to follow up. Much appreciated 🍻

[DannyzReviews]

Great work Leo! One of the rigs I'm still using started with an 1800X and X370 Aorus board, later I dropped in a 5800X3D and its still fulfilling all the gaming needs just fine.

[poojagawalwansh]

Microsoft seem to be issuing updates every few days atm for windows 11. Hard to keep track of the patches right now

[DavidLeBon-qqvr]

Well I was just heading to bed, so thats me staying up now for a bit longer. thanks Leo lol

[Francioslusi-kgcx]

thanks Leo. Useful video. Hopefully Microsoft get this whole platform stabilised in q4

[DarwinBrookes-sson]

I still have a 5800x3d in a system In a bedroom. It’s still perfectly capable for what I do. Loved that cpu. Waiting on the 9800x3d.

[ReihanShikha]

Thanks Leo, appreciate the efforts on this one - some interesting results and informative as always. You ever worked for the BBC? you have that kind of voice

[Zalayuvrajmaamelody.]

Love that GPU, its the complete opposite of 'subtle' - whatever that work is. That motherboard is clinging on for dear life there.

[tumdeobhandekar]

AMD have really had a nightmare of a launch - the CPUS are not bad at all really but with an OS changing and shifting so much they really should have held fire on the launch til October/November

[foxdart]

Sorely needed in those graphs was the 9700x running at an equivalent 140w that we saw the 2700X, 3800X, 5800X, & 7700X all stretch their legs when using. i totally get that zen5 has been configured by default to use less power but honestly it just seems like a knee jerk reaction to the hysteria over zen4 95c default thermal limit. everyone went nuts that they ran hot and now they're losing their minds that the new ones run slow. MAKE UP YOUR MINDS PEOPLE SO LEO CAN GIVE US GOOD DATA! would love to see what zen5 can do with 140w for a real apples to apples.

[devonmoreau]

As someone still using a 2700x, I really appreciate this testing! ❤

[TheDethsight]

I'd be interested in the X870 boards if the companies would put the debug LEDs back on non-$400+ mobos. bastards.

[Traumatree]

24H2 was scheduled to be released in early July, but M$ pulled the plug for whatever reason it seems. That's not AMD's fault.

[wheelie]

So basically at the same power usage Zen 5 is a decent generational uplift. And those calling Zen 5 a flop are talking out of their behinds.

Gamers should wait for Zen 5 3D v-cache. Workstation users can safely buy Zen 5 and get the expected uplift. (Although that does mean the 9950X really is the only non X3D cpu that makes any sense, workstation tasks usually scale well with cores.)

On a side note I never knew about this channel until this whole Zen 5 madness began and like Level 1 techs this channel actually researched and used their brains what these CPUs are for instead of blindly testing games and declaring failure.

So I guess this whole mess does have one possitive side for me. I found a new reviewer that I can trust to be thorough.

[ATIF_GAMER_]

AMD launched this too soon, Microsoft clearly are having a laugh at everyones expense, Intel seem to be hitting a much safer launch time for their upcoming hardware. cleverly, for a change

[hothardwareforthewin-hefz]

Great idea btw. Wanted to see this for a while now

[Brothergaming.]

Great coverage, enjoyed it a lot Leo and team !

[triviumfan]

I have 7700 (non-x) and i waited new gen zen, but i am still not ready to update him :)
thanks, huge job of testing all cpus.

[stylishubaid]

I enjoy the coverage of Zen from most of the major channels, Leo has been the best, just focused on trying to get answers and figures