AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Ryzen 7 7700 & Ryzen 9 7900 Review & Benchmarks

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00:00 - Welcome to Hardware Unboxed
02:06 - Sponsor Spot
02:49 - Meet the new non-X CPUs
05:47 - Test System Specs
06:09 - Operating Behaviour
08:32 - Cinebench R23 Multi-core
09:22 - Cinebench R23 Single-core
09:49 - 7-Zip File Manager
10:14 - Adobe Photoshop 2022
10:27 - Blender Open Data
10:45 - System Power Consumption
11:47 - Hitman 3
12:18 - Horizon Zero Dawn
12:37 - Cyberpunk 2077
13:09 - 10 Game Average
14:25 - Cooling
15:39 - Final Thoughts

AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Ryzen 7 7700 & Ryzen 9 7900 Review & Benchmarks

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[Hardwareunboxed]

Small error in the test system specs, please note we've recently changed to the Gigabyte X670E Master motherboard for our AM5 test system. The gaming benchmarks were updated for this video.

[ThunderingRoar]

CPU market is in such a good state but the GPU one is despair and sorrow

[AVerySillySausage]

Imagine if GPUs were this competitive.

[mroutcast]

I grabbed R5 5600 on launch (already had AM4 platform) and seeing AM5 mobo prices - that was absolutely best bang for the buck to do.

[hiXhaX-YT]

Make as many in-video ads as you like. If this is a way how I can "pay" for your awesome work, I'm totally fine with it.

[yomurita]

Enabling PBO on the 7700 and playing with the PPT limit might be an interesting experiment to see where it stops scaling nicely.

[dnakatomiuk]

I bought the 3600 in 2020 and I didn't regret it at all and I upgraded from a 2600k that was 10 years old. But I've just upgraded to a 5600 because they went down to £120 before Xmas and I did see more performance in my games.

But sold the 3600 got £70 so a £50 upgrade and I'm happy with it, and it's on B450 if I was upgrading to a complete new socket the 7600 would be my choice

[robertstan]

With X3D parts on their way soon too, I don't think 7000X parts will be going back to MSRP. No one would buy a $399 7700X, when you have a $329 w/ a great box cooler and a $399-449 7800X3D. But they may get somewhere in between IDK

Also, strange having 13900K there, but not the 7950X.

[nipa]

Very fast and efficient CPUs, with so many options. Great!
I wished we would see the GPU market in a similar shape!

[Naitokalmah]

I really liked the "operating Behavior" new section (at least for me) solid review content as always

[Bagnon]

From the reviews I've seen, this one included, the 7900 is a beast with PBO enabled. When it comes time to change platforms, that's gonna be my choice.

[FoxxFire]

Awesome, awesome, awesome work. I expect nothing less from this channel. It's funny - Nvidia temporarily banning Hardware Unboxed from receiving FE cards to review is what got me to start watching, and i've watched every video since then. And even now every video since the inception of Monitors Unboxed. These reviews are so detailed, well organized and focused on a product's effect on the consumer. The fact that these videos are free is a steal for us the audience.

[Superdazzu]

just upgraded from a ryzen 2700 to a ryzen 5600 for 130 euros, best upgrade ever, my 1440p build with a rtx 2070 super seems really unleashed now, full 100% gpu utilization, everywhere!

[iamChermac]

If the behaviour witnessed with PBO Curve Optimiser on Zen 3 happens similarly with these, that efficiency can be even better. Looking like I lucked out by waiting to dive into AM5; now just waiting to see what the X3D versions offer.

[TheHybrid]

Great stuff. Your cost per frame analysis is always the best thing about your hardware reviews

[ZCSilver]

I imagine a big part of the hesitation on zen 4 wasn't the higher prices, it was waiting for the x3d version. I got a 5900x and then felt pretty dumb when the 5800x3d part came out half a year better and had way way better performance. I've been telling family to wait for this gen's x3d because its so much better value.

[mcst]

Great and realistic review! I would also buy non-x varian and enable PBO (probably most viewers too), so you get a cooler and almost the same performance(depending on the workload) as the x variant.
_And of course you can manually OC it too, if you have the time for it_

[larsjrgensen]

7900 with box cooler at 70 C, Impressive stuff, compared to a 13900k with 360 cooler.

[StephenDeTomasi]

AMD need to seriously consider an answer to Intel Core i3 and H610 boards sooner rather than later. If they want to get people over the line with their new AM5 socket, they really need to focus on lowering overall platform costs. AMD has historically been great for platform longevity, and considering that AMD CPUs can run really well at lower TDPs, I can see entry level boards being more than enough for gamers and a decent entry point.

[GelatineRidder]

The cheapest B650 ATX board here in the Netherlands is €230 and that's down from €239 in oktober. The cheapest X670 ATX board is €280 down from €309.
AM5 motherboards are still way too overpriced.