Customer Ratings & Reviews

Despite what you can see in internet reviews, this is a great CPU with a great flexibility, you can set it by default in 65W mode for a balanced performance in every day tasks usage and low cost energy bill that is very important for some people, or unlock the 105W option for more demanding tasks and have a very good performance, paring this CPU with a good GPU and you will be happy with the end result, in conclusion, not every body needs to go with a RYZEN 3D CPU for good performance, this is a great long run cost/performance CPU in my humble opinion. (Had build two PCs with this CPU for work and gaming, very happy so far)

Unlike the mobile products introduced at the same time with the Zen 5 architecture, which feature heterogeneous big and small cores, updated integrated GPU architecture, and integrated NPU among other flashy features, the new Ryzen 9000 desktop series does not have major architectural changes compared to the previous generation. Instead, it achieves higher frequencies and improved performance through microarchitectural refinements and new manufacturing processes, while also optimizing heat control and power efficiency within the existing framework of core count and expandability. In terms of performance, the single-core performance this time unsurprisingly surpasses Intel’s 13th/14th generation Core processors, which are its competitors. The advantage further amplifies in environments that can efficiently utilize the AVX-512 instruction set. In the gaming scenarios we tested, the Ryzen 7 9700X, even with its default 65W TDP configuration, showed sufficient performance release. For games where the bottleneck is not heavily dependent on memory and cache, its performance is almost on par with the Core i7-14700K, although the latter consumes significantly more power and generates more heat. However, the Ryzen 7 9700X, with only eight cores, falls short in rendering and encoding scenarios that can fully utilize multiple cores. Even when the Ryzen 7 9700X is pushed to a TDP of 105W or higher, thus achieving an average performance boost of around 8% and a maximum of about 15% compared to the default 65W setting in these scenarios, it still cannot match the performance of the Core i7-14700K, which houses 8P (performance) cores and 12E (efficiency) cores and has had its default performance restrained. In this domain, the gap between the two products is such that they could hardly be considered direct competitors. In terms of heat control, this generation also shows noticeable improvements. Even when switching to higher PBO/TDP settings, the temperature limit is often not the first to be hit in many full-core, fully open scenarios. This gives users more flexibility in building systems with limited cooling conditions or manually optimizing fan speed control curves. In conclusion, the strength of the Ryzen 7 9700X lies in its commendable gaming performance and excellent power efficiency based on it. Its weaknesses are in multi-core performance and games sensitive to memory/cache performance. For these shortcomings, AMD plans to address them with the upcoming 12 and 16-core Ryzen 9 9900X/9950X and the “X3D” series with 3D V-Cache. Although the Intel Core i7-14700K remains stronger in absolute performance and versatility, its recent quality issues have caused many potential users to reconsider, thus providing more market space for the entire Ryzen 9000 series, including the Ryzen 7 9700X.

If you're building a new Gaming PC this is a GREAT choice. I used this ad part of an upgrade from an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X. It Runs cool, doesn't burn itself out, and is a pretty straight forward item to install. I'm extremely pleased with the results at this price point.

Switched from intel to amd an i love it very easy to set up an the bios are much more simpler to make adjustments an to understand

Awesome cpu, great for gaming not so much for editing/ rendering

Nice height to midrange cpu but not compatible with my hoard so I had to update it Great for games like cod black ops 6 Fortnite sea of thrives and other games

Works great with my X870 motherboard. First time switching to AMD and so far so good. Works great with the 4070 super. The higher temp while gaming at 240FPS Is 90°F.

So far it handles multi tasking very well, and runs high demanding games super smooth.

Great CPU for a really good price! Haven’t had any issues.

Got this to replace my 10700k build that died, Its performance in games is great, and its a lot more power effecient. Its a good cpu, although a 7800x3d would be a better choice if its strickly for gaming.

Was worried from reviews online, but coming from a R7 3700X, WOW. What an improvement. My framerate has doubled on average in most games using my 4070. I did not realize my old CPU was bottlenecking me so hard. And this CPU uses way less energy to get the performance as well. Win win.

Awesome power efficiency and has been great for both gaming and productivity work, I did get it pretty cheap as it was already on sale for $30 off and I had a $50 certificate and a $25 gift card to use on it so all in all I ended up getting it over $100 cheaper than normal

A huge upgrade from my i9-9900k. In Cinebench, i got 4311 on my i9, with this AMD 9700x, my cinebench doubled in performance to 8933. An incredible uptick. Performance in games is massive too.

Fantastic cpu hands down, Better performance better single core slightly higher power usage but phenomenal. If your a hardcore gamer this is as good as 3D cache cpus but 4% difference in latency which is not measurable to eyes take the leap. A great choice for those who can’t reach a 3D cpu in stock the difference is so small I’d recommend this instead

Moved up from 5800x and found this to really make my system snappy. Got about 20% better performance in CPU intensive games and also do not bottle neck my GPU anymore. Also runs very cool compared to my last CPU even with just air cooling

This CPU is excellent, I was kinda sad when I wasn’t able to get the 7800x3d. But I couldn’t care less anymore, this CPU works amazingly, i haven’t even gone about 70% use while gaming. Highly recommend if you want a powerful gaming pc

Don't know why everyone talks down on this cpu, its a beast especially if you have a good cpu cooler. You can almost overclock this with good ram to perform almost similar to a 9800x3d at a way cheaper price which to me is a no brainer not to mention how its sold out and is going 300+ over retail also runs a lot cooler compared to a ryzen 9 7900x. I would recommend this cpu to people leaning more towards gaming but if your using your pc for productivity aswell then the ryzen 9 7900x would be the better option since it has more cores.

Not sure why there is so much dislike surrounding this processor, but it’s been working perfectly for me. You can either leave it at 65w or go up to 105w for a bit more performance. I have it paired with a 4080 SUPER and it handles it just fine. Yeah maybe you won’t get the extra 10fps you might with a XD processor, but this can run cyberpunk at max ray tracing without a hiccup so idk what people are complaining about. Just make sure to make use of a nice set of AMD EXPO high speed RAM and you’ll be golden.

Computer runs smooth like butter. Major improvement in gaming, especially Helldivers 2.

Built on a MSI tomahawk b650, Vengance DDR5 6400mhz 2x16gb = 32gb , 30800ti founders edition. RUNS GOOD!