AMD’s budget non-X Ryzen 7000 SKUs have surfaced over at the SiSoft benchmark database. These chips are lower-clocked variants of the CPUs launched last month and ought to be released early next year. Much like their predecessors, they will cost $75-100 less than their X siblings, with a focus on the mainstream gaming audience.
The benchmarks from SiSoft are compute-intensive arithmetic tests affected primarily by ALU and core counts, followed by operational clocks. The Ryzen 5 7600 and Ryzen 7 7700 have significantly lower base clocks than their X variants: 900MHz, and 700MHz, respectively. The single-core boosts are only 100MHz apart but aren’t always attainable in TDP-intensive workloads because of their 65W TDP.
| CPU Name | Cores/Threads | Base Clock | Boost | L3 | TDP | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | 12/24 | 4.7 GHz | 5.6 GHz | 64MB | 170W | $549 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | 8/16 | 4.5 GHz | 5.4 GHz | 32MB | 105W | $399 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | 8/16 | 3.8 GHz | 5.3 GHz | 32MB | 65W | $349? |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X | 6/12 | 4.7 GHz | 5.3 GHz | 32MB | 105W | $299 |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | 6/12 | 3.8 GHz | TBD | 32MB | 65W | $199-$249 |
The Ryzen 5 7600 scores 259 points in the arithmetic benchmark, trailing the 7600X by 19%, while the 7700X leads the 7700 by 16%. The performance deltas in gaming workloads will be much lower as the peak clocks will be very similar on the two. Going by previous generations, the Ryzen 7 7600 should cost $199, the 7700 between $299 and $349, and land in early 2023.
