Did We Get It Wrong? Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X Re-Review

[@der8auer]

Great summary. I fully missed the part about the missing cooler vs increased price and also the 65W vs 105W is something I didn't consider in my video at all. This kind of re-cap is really cool to see after multiple reviews are out!

[@Need4FPS]

We'll blame the cat for it 😁

[@inkredebilchina9699]

Daniel Owen is the name, and numbers are his game! 😁 seriously though the guy is a math teacher. I've been following his channel for about year and a half now and he does like to repeat himself at times, BUT he is never wrong. so when Steve said "school is in session" it literally was. 😁😁😁

[@zodwraith5745]

@@inkredebilchina9699 That's why I like Daniel. He's probably the most independent unbiased techtuber out there that neither takes cheap shots or overwhelmingly praises any company or product. It's all numbers with him and I like that he tests at tons of different settings to show people almost _NO ONE_ games at 1080p medium with a 4090.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

🫡 still good review

[@nab-v1w]

still one of the best review, 5-10% better efficiency is hard to show even if real bro. Onlything, i wish some one try the stability of 7700x vs 9700x for several day tasks, i feel like my 5700x has freeze if i work more than 48 hours stray with no restart, i was wondering if its fixed on the new gen.

[@ronjatter]

It was in the box, then it got unboxed. Then it was tested and put back in the box. Now, the hardware has been unboxed again.

[@iamspencerx]

I thought it comes from boxing 🥊 the hardware has been defeated in a boxing match, it's been unboxed

[@1benhouston1]

Welcome to hardware unboxed. Again.

[@MTBScotland]

yeah but they don't do that with intel do they. They run 7200 ram and unleash the beast.

[@riven4121]

Hardware Reboxed

[@pkt1213]

​@riven4121 beat me too it.

[@spacejambluray2591]

This is the biggest ad for 7800x3d ever lol

[@Cereal_Killr]

Just cemented my upgrade path from my 5800X3D lol

[@dangerous8333]

Yeah, if all you do is use a modern day powerful computing device to play video games. 🤦

[@dangerous8333]

@-firefly7931 Haha, me too. I jumped on this opportunity because scared people without comprehension or skills to change a few bios settings, have been returning perfectly good 13 and 14 gen CPU's. I just got a 13700k open box from Amazon for $235. it's never been used. 😂 and now it has a five-year warranty. I have been laughing at broke gamers trying to lecture us about computers and what chips to buy. It's been rather entertaining.

[@nerdynumen]

@-firefly7931 RMA Inbound lmfao, these are old, voltages have been fixed but i9's all the way to server, and mobile haven't been rip to this man. Lmao y'all get a load of this guy xD

[@SpicyEvo]

Nah if the 9000x3d does the same then that will be the best ad and I will then buy the 7800x3d 😂 hopefully it’ll be on sale

[@bestrum1188]

Me: oh so is the performance actually better? Steve: *standing* Me: I see...

[@Rio-zh2wb]

lol

[@trc7343]

so true hahahaha

[@GRIGGINS1]

Me looking over at the Intel dumpter fire. Does it even matter.

[@kryss8667]

Had the exact same thought sequence :)

[@PixelatedWolf2077]

Kind of, yea. It sets the precedent for how good the new generation is compared to the older one and whether which generation is the better buy. ​@@GRIGGINS1

[@Dudi4PoLFr]

- Steve what about the 9700X review? - You already had it. - We've had one, yes. - What about the second 9700X review?

[@aberkae]

Next video SMT off and the kitchen sink to see maximum gains. 😅

[@ramonzaions7522]

@@Dudi4PoLFr lol

[@jcbc5950]

Maybe 3rd review?? TECHPOWERUP review found hidden performance, you have to turn off SMT/hyperthreading

[@c1492..]

Don't think he knows second 9700X reviews, Pip.

[@lairbox]

@@aberkae I saw similar reviews and 7700 has the same improvements as 9700x even with smt off. :(

[@BUDA20]

the gaming efficiency in the 7800X3D is mind blowing, I want that

[@benknapp3787]

I built a 7800X3D machine 6 months ago. Best decision ever. It's a monster for gaming.

[@justindelgado6030]

Now that I have the money to build a PC with the 7800x3d its nowhere to be found, out of stock damnnnn

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

Everybody so shocked by Standing Steve's new results that they missed the most important news, HU got themselves a new device for measuring EPS 12V power instead of total power consumption! It's always good to see more testing equipment for even better data

[@sniper8567]

Yes. And the power numbers in the first review was not correct. and that is the real reson for this updated video.

[@Blafard666]

" We don't play basketball with a cricket bat " well, your miss ...

[@RaytheonTechnologies_Official]

Everybody knows cricket bats are for footy

[@HanSolo__]

@@RaytheonTechnologies_Official Footy and cricket? Yup, they are all Aussies...

[@jayb2705]

They haven't played knifey spooney before

[@baronvonschnellenstein2811]

I can certainly see the attraction of playing basketball with a cricket bat, but for basketball, a liberal application of billiard cue chalk to the elbows is decently effective and slightly less obvious than wielding a big MF of a cricket bat. 😉

[@OliverTurnerMSc]

The KZbin URL containing "Bruhh" seems fitting

[@prisai03]

lmfao this comment needs to much higher here XD

[@nurbsivonsirup1416]

le Bruh

[@Aggrofool]

Someone get this man a chair!

[@noobsaibot7108]

Humans evolved to be dynamic, to stand and move 🏃, not to sit on their widening rears and vegetate! 😄Chairs are mostly unnecessary unless you need to rest because you're tired, or are injured or disabled.

[@ruxandy]

Herman Miller Aeron, even!

[@retrosimon9843]

A zen 5 X3D chair ? 😀

[@stennan]

​@@retrosimon9843bigger uplift that 9700X guaranteed 😂

[@GeorgeFoster-dv6ti]

at this point he might rather need a standing desk

[@AceStrife]

Oh god a 33 minute video, something was either wrong or people are about to be schooled.

[@razvandavid1510]

Either way, SPICY

[@Hardwareunboxed]

School is in session :D

[@Lionheart1188]

Seifer that you?

[@mjc0961]

People are in class but instead of learning something they will stick their fingers in their ears and keep defending Zen 5

[@PizzlesTechTime]

I already listened to the podcast and he just wants to be thorough I think. Although I have not finished this video yet.

[@LuciTulcea]

Long live gaming unboxed...uh...oh...hardware unboxed!😁 Watching this at 04 a.m. while pedalling indoors on my road bike on turbo trainer. Good times! Thanks Steve!

[@FuncleChuck]

5800X3D and 7800X3D owners: 😴 😴

[@PC_Ringo]

Can add us 5700x3d owners in there too 😅

[@lexiconprime7211]

I'm about to be a 7800x3D owner tbh.

[@PvMLad]

5800x3d especially given they'd have to change motherboard and ram to get something worse

[@1sonyzz]

5950x and 7950x owners: who needs games anyway...

[@adamek9750]

One day i will upgrade my 3600 to the 5800x3d. I dont even play games anymore

[@ZomgZomg007]

Daniel Owens was spot on about the cpu comparison

[@stennan]

Agreed, nice of HUB to give him a shout out 😊

[@ramonzaions7522]

@@ZomgZomg007 100%

[@sms8717]

He's intelligent, he was obviously going to be right - not like "the others"

[@damara2268]

Math teacher magic with numbers

[@Dark.Syndicate]

@@stennan did u guys know hardware unboxed was the one to actually help daniel owens when he had less that 50k subscribers more than a year ago? yep, HU helped daniel get in contact with corsair for gaming equipment includng a corsair 5000t case. I used to watch him when he didn't make 20+ minute videos everytime.

[@LlywellynOBrien]

Very stange that calling is more polite than shouting, but calling someone out is bad and shouting someone out is good.

[@Zzzlol94]

10:15 Shoutout to the 14700K pulling 4.5 times the power of the 7800X3D while being 14% slower.

[@lunawense6288]

Intels really gone down the route of productivity only with its tiny core design. They could totally release a 14700k 3d but don't really care about such a small market. Xeon is most of their business at this point. Same with amd server cpus which is painfully obvious here.

[@dukeljk2191]

Not at all true

[@JADC1111]

@@lunawense6288Yes intel is playing in the big leagues while AMD is in the minors… that’s why intel has a $32 billion dollar loss, lowest stock prices in a decade, and has the CEO quoting bible scripture on twitter…

[@zodwraith5745]

There's obviously something wrong in that graph cause the i7 does NOT use 40% more power than the i9.

[@timmyv148]

Intel nerds be like:

[@whatwelearned]

Don't attach yourself to a brand. Life will be better for everyone.

[@franzlyonheart4362]

Dude. You're missing the point. After the Intel D.E.I. self-destruct, we're left with AMD as the only game in town. And they now start resting on their laurels. Looks as if AMD has reasonably good hardware, but cheaped out on the software side, in particular Windows drivers for gaming. That's the simplest explanation for the gaming flop of Zen 5, and of the inconsistent results were some games randomly show a great improvement. Lack of competition will do that, makes companies lazy and cheap with their investments.

[@nitroxide17]

I agree. But when Intel sucks too, now what?

[@Kmcornell23]

While I agree, people should be getting AMD chips right now to help even out the market. If we can get back to a 50/50 market share, it'll be better for consumers. We'll get better performance at lower prices because the competition will be there. Intel having the majority of the market for so long only allows them to do things that are worse for their customers and get away with it. I will admit that the 9700X was a bit disappointing and that a 7700X would be a better upgrade due to the cost alone.

[@maynardburger]

@@franzlyonheart4362 No, that is not the 'simplest explanation' at all. Zen 5 isn't good for gaming because all the effort was put towards the kind of architectural changes that weren't gonna help gaming that much. There's no magic CPU software that would be limiting gaming here. You seem to think these are like GPU's and the important GPU driver, but it's not the same sort of situation. That said, there is a potential some years from now that game developers start optimizing more around super wide architectures like this, getting more from it. But that wont happen within the next year or anything.

[@Roland1405]

@@franzlyonheart4362 Gaming drivers for CPUs? 🤣 Also, if you think Intel is out of this game you are even more deluded than most AMD fanboys.

[@SUBCHVRGE]

DANIEL OWEN MENTIONED

[@im_a_slydog]

After watching your initial review and then seeing the prices on release, I decide to go with the 7800X3D.

[@nathanbell6962]

Same, it's tried and tested and until the 9900x3d is released it'll be king of gaming

[@MallocFree90]

or you could wait for the 9800X3D :)

[@notchipotle]

@@MallocFree90 or 10800X3D

[@potatoes5829]

@@MallocFree90 if the 9800x3d is anything like the 9700x, I have little hope

[@mjc0961]

Can't wait for the 9800X3D to offer the same gaming performance at like 3 watts less power for a significantly higher price. You very likely did the right thing just getting a 7800X3D now. You also dodged issues like defective processors. Can't forget that despite AMD delaying the launch to retest for processors that aren't meeting spec that they managed to send Gamers Nexus a 9600X that didn't work.

[@arthur78]

I watched this for the shout-out to Daniel Owen, glad you included it.

[@ColH0m3r]

Thanks for doing this "Re-review" Steve! I was one of those that was left confused by the mixed coverage and this 2nd video was excellent in helping to clear up many of my questions. Very much appreciated!

[@AndyViant]

Kudos to the positive Call Out for Daniel Owen. He really made it clear to me how little efficiency gain there was on these by taking the lead on the 65W comparisons. With those 65W comparisons, and the street prices of the 7700 non x, as well as the 7600 non x and 7500f, AMD has managed a massive marketing fail. The price to performance and even performance per watt of the Zen 5(%) is abysmal. No other word to describe it, and that's without even the setup dramas many channels had.

[@moldyshishkabob]

This right here. I love all the pats on the back that Steve gave out, but this was such a crucial point that I was surprised nobody touched on other than Daniel Owen. In a sense, I almost wonder if his being "new to the scene" really has helped him keep the general consumer's mindset with purchasing these products, even if Daniel's now actually receiving review samples for things.

[@tuckerhiggins4336]

Amd marketing has completely fell apart since Robert Hallock left

[@quagmirefx]

My 9700x is on average 25 percent faster in gaming, and 32 percent faster in productivity all while using 20 percent less power than my 7700 non x.

[@MrSteppenwolf0]

Too much of that going around. Intel did something similar with 13th and 14th gen.

[@bmanrockwell2174]

Loved Daniel's video. This whole generation of am5 suddenly made so much sense.

[@farid.rabhallah]

Long live the King: Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

[@happybuggy1582]

its tempting to get it but we need a GPU that is not $1000 to pair with it. Nvidia is obviously overpriced but AMD really gave no option for us either and its really disappointing. I would have easily built a team RED computer with this CPU, if they had better GPU/ better price GPU to begin with.

[@xellr]

​@@happybuggy1582if they had the 7900gre 400£ would buy it

[@farid.rabhallah]

@@happybuggy1582 For the GPU i can't disagree with you, AMD is suffering from the absence of CUDA technology, and Drivers issues.

[@Just_An_Ignacio]

​@@happybuggy1582 Or you can have it (specially with that microcentee free Ram) and don't change it in the next 5 to 6 years, until the Zen6 X3D part lowers its price.

[@RNG-999]

Technically, the King would be 5800X3D. 7800X3D is their heir.

[@MrReese]

I am just glad not everybody is on the "we praise AMD no matter what BS they pull" train, which some outlets certainly have been on in the past years.

[@blackandredtech3979]

"And now I'm rambling because I'm too tired." I'm pretty sure you were rambling for the last 5 minutes of the video, not that anything said was wrong mind you.

[@ThePurplePassage]

Yeah that whole chat about cricket at a basketball match, it was like roll the end credits already!

[@geofflangdon4467]

It’s the same nonsense they pulled with Graphics cards. “Over-naming” the new part to gain a favourable comparison on price but not a true comparison for performance.

[@Matticitt]

Sneaky AMD renamed the 9700 to the 9700X and claimed they lowered pricing. That's scummy Intel-like behavior.

[@Spiggle.]

I think you mean they may as well have rebadged the 7700 and scam people out of their money.

[@MrFirerod1]

It is the same with what they did with RX 7900 XT and XTX.... The "XT" should of been a 7800XT instead....

[@Ttallonn]

lets just hope they didnt have an actual 9700 release planned......

[@Berserkism]

Got a foil hat just for you....weirdo

[@andersjjensen]

@@Ttallonn They will obviously release a 9700 at 45W that people will vastly prefer over the 9700X because a 65-80W BPO will effectively make it a 9700X. Just like the 7600/7700 is a 7600X/7700X when you give it the same power, or just a little more to overcome the less good binning.

[@chhandobhihbhushan2742]

Real fans are just looking at the whole industry in silence and disappointment.

[@Winnetou17]

Aye. Like looking at your kid or your favourite player taking drugs and/or saying really stupid stuff in public, with an attitude. Cringe cringe cringe everywhere. I guess except Apple. Which I hate for completely other reasons.

[@elderman64]

​@@Winnetou17 Had me at the looking at your kid part

[@kazioo2]

@@Winnetou17 Apple is now slowly locking the MacOS more and more (read: boiling the frogs). They are much smarter at it than how Microsoft tried (and failed). Forced notarizations, certifications not just for malware but design, nagging screens for non-appstore programs, even Valve has enough and doesn't want to push it on their steam game devs. It's getting bad, but they are the best CPU designers right now... ehhhh

[@RafitoOoO]

Yeah. Honestly I was so excited for Zen 5, this is so disappointing I might even buy Arrow Lake when it launches.

[@elderman64]

@@RafitoOoO I might do the same if AMD takes too long in launching the 9950X3D as i need something great for gaming and work

[@beaniedoesgames7119]

Great video Steve, I was one who wanted to see PBO across your suite of games tested based on what Der Bauer saw, It was more for interest rather than copium 🙂 thanks for putting the time in to revisit it

[@Rick-tg4oy]

I went to the AMD subreddit and read some threads about these CPUs. I didn't know Reddit perfected the technology of accessing alternative realities, but here we are.

[@andresilvasophisma]

Always felt a bit guilty for upgrading to a 7700 at the end of last year, instead of waiting for the 9000 series, glad I did it. I'll wait a few years and, when this platform is at the end of its cycle, I'll get the best CPU deal to prolong it's life for a little while.

[@maynardburger]

Even in your situation, you should still be disappointed at lack of progress.

[@hishamaru]

@@maynardburger it depends if you are upgrading from old/relatively new cpu or building new pc

[@Angel7black]

@@hishamaruif he came from AM4 then its extremely disappointing since he couldve gotten first gen X3D.

[@andresilvasophisma]

@@Angel7black LOL, I came from a Core 2 Quad Q9650. Was a great CPU for its time, but not for 2023.

[@garrettkajmowicz]

I'm looking at upgrading from a 3600. I was hoping the 9700x would be the best option, but I might just end up going with a 7700. Now if I can only get someone to do cooler testing of all the coolers I'm considering using.

[@bennY-lz3wd]

I hope AMD doesn't f*ck up the 9800X3D ...

[@paris8132]

If I understand correctly, it will be based on the same architecture, so we can expect the same negligible gains? Although I hope I'm wrong.

[@cybershocked]

@@paris8132 depends on how much heavy lifting the cache is doing. Personally, I am not optimistic about it. But I would be happy to be proven wrong.

[@Mc_Whitty]

​@cybershocked, please be wrong. Zen 5 needs some sort of win.

[@TheLateral18]

They will 😂

[@Fordance100]

They won't. It will be 7% faster.

[@noer0205]

Excellent re-review! Hats of for the honesty on the relevant parts. The thoroughness on the parts people needed schooling in. And the positiv shoot outs. Love the work and approach you and Tim go with. It's Mega! 🙌

[@konga382]

Tom's Hardware is one of the outlets that found a bigger than typical gain for Zen 5 in games, and also a bigger than typical gain for PBO. The biggest factor that people are missing with that site's reviews is that they test with stock memory frequencies only for non-PBO results, and they only enable EXPO for their PBO results. This means the Zen 4 processors use DDR5-5200 and the Zen 5 processors use DDR5-5600, both with JEDEC timings, and then the PBO results used DDR5-6000 with EXPO timings. Steve has shown before that Ryzen chips tend to scale well with memory speed, so the boost to memory speed between architectures is pulling some of the weight in that review, while someone who tests with the same memory speed across all chips will eliminate that difference.

[@realgoose]

HUB needs to make a 3rd video comparing memory speeds

[@ryanspencer6778]

Well of course there are big gains when testing with PBO then. Memory speed is very important for AMD, testing at stock speeds is like tying one of its hands behind its back.

[@w7bUxhwRYUo8Lv]

Why even make a not like-for-like comparison like that? We are comparing CPUs, not memory kits. Plus, it clearly misleads the audience who seemingly almost never get it right and always interpret these results incorrectly.

[@konga382]

​@@w7bUxhwRYUo8Lv Using EXPO or XMP officially voids your warranty (though unofficially they will never ask), so Tom's Hardware and some other reviewers such as Anandtech stick to the max officially supported speed profiles, and tom's only uses EXPO for PBO or OC results. This info is hidden in their test system table that most readers won't look at, so a lot of people get the wrong idea looking at their benchmarks. This maybe could've been mitigated if they showed the OC/PBO results for the Ryzen 7000 parts too, but they only showed them for the new 9000 parts which is extra misleading and not apples to apples at all.

[@adnelortiz]

Just buy it. . . Toms Hardware in a nutshell.

[@SaviorInTheSun]

Why would anyone have some sort of stupid brand loyalty to a PC part company? I want the best performance and whoever gets that gets my money. I don't care what the logo on the box says. You fanboys are insane...

[@madbull4666]

A lot of reasons to have brand loyalty. Previous history with no failing parts, good customer service, company ethics, open source/locked down, compatibility, what your used to.

[@Ehren1337]

who are you talking about?

[@SaviorInTheSun]

@@madbull4666 I totally agree with this, but I guess I should have specified that I was referring to those people who shit on other brands because it's not THEIR brand. That kind of brand loyalty drives me nuts.

[@donkeymoo1581]

Welcome to the sad reality of tech. Just full of disgusting fanboys who will contradict them self when needed. Remember when 40 series released with a modest 10-15% performance increase but absolutely insane power efficiency? What did every amd fanboy say? "haha power efficiency means nothing its not 30+% more performance so trash cards hahaha" Now what are they saying when 9000 series has literally zero performance uplift to 7000 series? "well its 40% more power efficient so these cpus are actually amazing you just dont understand" If I can give you advice. Don't try to ever find logic or understand fanboys and brand loyalty in tech. It simply has no logic and the people who are hard loyal to one brand are the most brainless two faced people you will ever speak to. I was intel cpu for years but the 7800x3d is absolutely insane so i swapped to that. I have been nivida for years and I have looked at amd and even intel but the cards are just trash so I have stuck on nivida. I have no brand loyalty I just want the best gaming experience so I will swap as needed. Would be nice if everyone followed this because not only is it better for your self it also makes a more healthy market where companies can't release trash and get away with it because of "loyal customers" who will buy it regardless of how bad it is. 9000 series is literally just AMD trying to sell you an undervolted 7000 series simple as lol.

[@bits360wastaken]

@@donkeymoo1581 "9000 series is literally just AMD trying to sell you an undervolted 7000 series" Different die size, new instructions, but this is more of an architecture refresh than anything.

[@antoniynedyalkov2437]

Great job guys. We need more hardware reviews like that so that we can choose hardware based on actual performance and not marketing claims.

[@범고래x]

As a user of R7 7700 (non-X), this is the review I really wanted to watch. I'm using 7700 becuase it has the 65W TDP, and it is very intersting to see 9700X showing similar power behavior, yet performing better than 7700. However, since it is clear that 7700X3D uses less power than any other CPUs on the charts, if I intend to upgrade my gaming rig, it would be better to wait for 9800X3D review, and choose after the review. Actually It was my original plan anyway, but happy to confrim it was a tight one. Thanks steve.

[@Jack_Sparrow131]

Lol.. from 7700 to 7800x3D is like 20% at best case scenario I imagine 9800x3D will be like 22%more or less Would be a wise choice to wait for 2026 release of 11700x (or whatever they will call it) Am sure it's will be faster, maybe even will be 10 Cores instead of 8, who knows Lol

[@virtualb01]

Appreciate the update and props to Daniel for his analysis. Always good to see channels team up for consumers.

[@Vis117]

Great clarification, Steve! Love the shout out for Daniel Owen!

[@KimBoKastekniv47]

Look at the official spec page on AMD's website, the sentence they chose to describe the 9700X is "The New Standard for a Gaming Processor"

[@douglasmurphy3266]

Oh no, the AI have already taken over their marketing

[@johnpreston8621]

It's really funny to pay so much attention to typical marketing slogans. It's okay when it's written in the comments, but when the authors of the channel behave like this, all that's left is to put a dislike.

[@damianabregba7476]

Well Intel did set a standard back in the day. Maybe that's what they ment :P

[@w7bUxhwRYUo8Lv]

This deserves just as much mockery as people give Intel for the same crap. Unfortunately, instead, you see a whole bunch of "these are not gaming CPUs!!!! only X3D are!!" and "do people not understand that data centers are a bigger customer for AMD than gamers??", "they made the right decisions from a financial PoV." Yes, these ARE meant to be gaming chips, actually. And no, they are making the wrong decision that could immensely harm their company long term, especially once they lose the AMD cult like Intel has largely lost theirs - through stagnation - and lose market share. If it's even a "decision" and not a simple failure to achieve performance targets, which it most likely is. You decide which one is worse.

[@w7bUxhwRYUo8Lv]

Everyone, go read ​more of ​@@johnpreston8621's comments on this channel, they're incredible. This launch has broken his heart.

[@florianb.1382]

the "Zen 5%" name is still standing then.

[@Blafard666]

its catchy, not gonna lie ...

[@lasue7244]

Heyyy stfu. Don't talk shit about AMD like that. It's not Zen 5%, it's Zen ±5%.

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

Zen 5% I have been excited about AMD and their X3D, but I'm so stealing this 😂

[@hiphophead8053]

Too optimistic of a name its more like 1.5% lol

[@EVPointMaster]

*up to 5%

[@UGISPRO]

Thank you so much for this video! It's qlarifyd all my questions.❤

[@digzee]

With all the recent Intel woes, lets hope that they can deliver something compelling with Arrow Lake when it drops. Let's be honest, praying for the demise of one company because you like the other is pretty stupid, we need both Intel and AMD to be one upping each other so we as consumers can benefit.

[@ryanspencer6778]

I tend to go for the chip that is the best all around processor for all workloads. 5 years ago when I built my system, that was the 3900x (3950x wasn't out yet and it was too expensive anyway). Now, when I need to upgrade my system, it looks like Intel will probably take that spot with the 285k or 265k.

[@thetechrealist]

But even if Arrow Lake is a generational leap, who is going to trust Intel enough to buy it? Definitely not me…

[@maynardburger]

It's amazing how much people need to stir up 'good guy vs bad guy' narratives about situations where it's really just not applicable at all.

[@aos32]

Arrow lake seems promising so far, TSMC 3nm and Intels new 20A node will be a massive improvement over their current node. Mainly power consumption should be a lot better. Single threaded performance are rumored to be 3% and multi threaded performance 14% better. And Intel have said they will copy 3d v cache as well, which is a good thing.

[@aos32]

15% improvement in multi threaded performance is not a good generational jump though, but at least better than zen 5 😅

[@christopherjames9843]

Whenever marketing claims state gains "up to" you know they are basically non existent.

[@Raxiel497]

Then you get Steve standing "up to" review it.

[@damianabregba7476]

It is always ***,,up to"

[@WayStedYou]

everyone says up to even if its accurate because its a good way to avoid getting sued for false advertising

[@back2steve539]

Thank You for clarification - excellent work Steve!

[@Kuriketto]

Daniel provides great analysis on gaming-related hardware, so getting a shout-out here hopefully boosts his viewership.

[@concinnus]

So when AMD claimed that that the 9700X was e.g. 31% better in HZD than the 14700K, they must have been limiting both to 65W, right? That's all I can think of.

[@you2be839]

Either that or AMD's marketing team is smoking something we are not!...

[@haukionkannel]

We also need that! 😂

[@mikehawk4553]

Or the 14700k could have been degraded to sh** when they tested

[@bal7ha2ar]

@@you2be839 that must be some good stuff, i want some

[@goddessofwar4955]

@@mikehawk4553 Or using one of Intel's throttled recommended settings at the time. Those had significant impact on performance.

[@pedrolantyer]

I think that the software development oriented performance doesn't really make that much of a difference for people targeting the price range of the 9700X and 9600X. I've been running a 5700X for quite a while, and I honestly have no reason to complain. Compile times don't really bother me, the performance is good enough to work on Android studios while having multiple apps and background tasks running. If anything I feel more compelled to use my money to buy a 4070Ti Super, or see what NVIDIA cooks up for the RTX5070. If you are in a point where you are working on large enough projects that a 5700X or even 7700X can't handle, you are probably making enough money to justify investing on a 9950X. This last 2 generations have proven to me that unless your focus is gaming, you don't need to keep upgrading CPUs every 4/5 years

[@GearSeekers]

People always want something to be better than it really is even when it's clearly not.

[@maynardburger]

Not at all true. Lots of people cheer for something to be bad nowadays, if it's on the current 'bad team' side of things. Like, people are loving the Intel drama right now and I dont think most people who dont actually own a 13/14900k actually want to see Intel fix the issue, cuz then they wouldn't be the big villains anymore.

[@walter274]

I think AMD could've done themselves a favor by saying something like, "Give the 7000 series's strong perfromance in every day computing task, and the changing computing enviornment, we chose to focus on improving our server and AI performance in the 9000 series, while not losing ground in other areas of computing." Just be honest about what you did.

[@sniperganso]

"The coola! where is the coola?! there is no coola!"

[@fajaradi1223]

Wota coola?

[@sniperganso]

at 23:18

[@Croaker]

ah, Zen 5, the gift that keeps on giving ... about 3-4%

[@nayan.punekar]

1-3%

[@The_Noticer.]

The X3D chips are the true efficiency kings for gaming (for their generations). Especially with a bit of CO tuning. Baldurs Gate 3 7800X3D 145 fps @ 58W == 2.5 fps/watt 5800X3D 105 fps @ 68W == 1.5 fps/watt 9700X 115 fps @ 84W == 1.4 fps/watt 7700 111 fps @ 62W == 1.8 fps/watt TLouP1 7800X3D 191fps @ 71W == 2.7 fps/watt 5800X3D 157fps @ 93W == 1.7 fps/watt 9700X 170fps @ 95W == 1.8 fps/watt 7700 174fps @ 95W == 1.8 fps/watt CBP2077 7800X3D 188fps @ 70W == 2.7 fps/watt 5800X3D 143fps @ 84W == 1.7 fps/watt 9700X 152fps @ 95W == 1.6 fps/watt 7700 148fps @ 93W == 1.6 fps/watt 9700X doesn't even beat the 2,5 year old 5800X3D in efficiency.

[@nameless-user]

CO?

[@raven3696]

@@nameless-user Curve Optimizer. In this case tuning the CO means adjusting the offset so that you lower the voltage while being able to maintain the same or higher clock speeds.

[@watching_events447]

AMD brought a cricket bat to a basketball fight.

[@wheezel55]

What.

[@fajaradi1223]

​@@wheezel55 You don't bring a cricket and a bat to a sport game.

[@jmal]

If they hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

[@RaytheonTechnologies_Official]

It's more like they brought a tennis ball to a cricket match. But since Intel left their bat at home, it's a moot point. ... I think this analogy might be a bit overstretched.

[@aashaykadu6549]

​@@RaytheonTechnologies_Officialyou can bring and play with a tennis ball in a cricket match

[@andrewcross5918]

So yes, zen 5 looks to be a flop for consumers at current pricing. It also puts a dapener on the X3D models. Suspect the 9800X3D might eek out 10% vs the 7800X3D at best in games baring some revolutionary v-cache enhancement. They do very well in database workloads, jit stuff, branchy JS code and other server workloads so I am sure they will be great for the data centre.

[@nextjin]

Iirc they said we’d be able to use PBO and possibly overclock them maybe 🤷

[@RowOfMushyTiT]

Probably the 9950x3d will be king as each chiplet will have it's own V-cache

[@stangamer1151]

​@@nextjinI would not be excited about it. Overclocking Ryzen CPUs is pretty boring. Usually you can gain 200-300MHz at best. It will not change anything, taking into account 9800X3D already clocked at 4.8GHz or even a bit higher. 500-600MHz would be a decent margin. But I doubt we will see this.

[@Oversensitive-S-poster]

Jit stuff? Is there a possibility these cpus improve emulation performance by more that 10%?

[@glynkatkin]

​@@stangamer1151Scatterbencher already hit 5.75ghz single thread load and 5.45ghz multi thread load on a 9700X, at 170W with an AIO, hopefully they don't lock the 9800X3D down too much, it could possibly brute force out some impressive numbers.

[@naeemurrahmanrifti5483]

Absolutely the best video with all the critics answered. We need more of these types of videos. For now, cheers!

[@alzarpomario889]

Why didn't they call it just R7 9700?

[@mjc0961]

Because then they'd have to charge less for it. Won't somebody please think of the poor corporation and shareholders?

[@psychogamer9252]

Because then they'd have to include a cooler with it.

[@edwinooi9166]

Keep in mind that there are still room for 9700 XT, 9800, 9800 X, and probably 9800 XT

[@leocompot]

9700 will be on market later with a bit less price and performance.

[@liberteus]

Probably because they don't have an X worthy architecture. They've done their best, and failed.

[@infinity2z3r07]

man i love HUB. you guys and GN are best of the best on youtube

[@korbensc7218]

Thanks for this clarification video. The messed up release of these CPUs really caused some confusion among people (including me). Good job!

[@heinzletzte.6385]

Don't forget you can also enable PBO on your 7700.

[@MacGuyver85]

Yeah I'm surprised he didn't include that. Workload/time constraints I guess. Possibly another video, so no harm there, mans gotta eat too :)

[@haukionkannel]

Same problem. Small speed pump, big power usage.

[@MacGuyver85]

@@haukionkannel Sure but how does it compare to the 9700X with PBO? That's what we want to see. Only makes sense to compare that too since many people seem to grasp at the PBO straw to justify going for the 9700X over the 7700.

[@melexxa]

​​​@@MacGuyver857700 pbo performs like 7700x without pbo 🤷

[@MacGuyver85]

@@melexxa Might be, haven't seen numbers, though the 7700X's TDP/PPT is still capped lower than what's possible with PBO, right?

[@patete163]

Thank you sleep deprived Steve. Daniel Owens is America's greatest teacher and needs more recognition .

[@doc_bucket1982]

Great job! Thanks for all the useful data.😊

[@marktackman2886]

As somebody who cares about the "community" the fact Daniel Owen can contribute to other people's content indirectly tickles me pink.

[@NANOTECHYT]

Nah bro that extra 1 FPS saved the product! /s

[@p00ner]

Just add some rgb for more fps on top of the 1%

[@Just_An_Ignacio]

When tech companies fanboys want to make a point, *every frame matters* lol

[@suparibhau]

59 fps is dogshit in my opinion.... 60 fps on the other hand 🤤

[@Cyrus10000]

Danke!

[@mjc0961]

Why would you look at server benchmarks anyway? These are desktop CPUs, not server CPUs. I'll care about server benchmarks when the video title is "Epyc Benchmarks/Review"

[@maynardburger]

Some people do have home server setups and whatnot using mainstream hardware, but it's really a very small niche market that sometimes gets overrepresented within tech enthusiast circles.

[@Hugh_I]

To be fair, the benchmarks most people were pointing to was Phoronix (and maybe Wendell). Phoronix does Linux benchmarks, and yeah there are a lot of server workloads in those tests, because that is obviously a use case linux dominates in. But the benchmarks are the usual "evaluation performance in linux" set of benchmarks, not specifically targeting server-only benchmarks. Similar with Wendel, he had a bit more focus on workstation stuff as well. Which I think is totally reasonable to test zen5 for, though it will be more interesting with the higher core count parts, as the Ryzen5/7s aren't really what you're looking for for that sort of thing.

[@NippyKindLangur234]

read/heard on a 9700x review (might have been HWUB's first review vid) that Ryzen chips are used in commercial gaming servers

[@submiss1on]

Not only server, but workstation actually. I am developer on Linux. And what I saw from Phoronix benchmarks is that I gonna buy one, since it will make a difference.

[@elderman64]

It's called coping basically

[@That_Stealth_Guy]

The one thing the Zen 5 launch has confirmed for me is that you MUST never believe the marketing that CPU manufacturers release. Beyond that, I am glad that I have yet to upgrade from my processor from 5800X3D.

[@andersjjensen]

Unless you're willing to dump an absurd amount of money on a GPU the 5800X3D will be good for another couple of generations. Whether it will see you though to AM6 is still up in the air, but I actually wouldn't be surprised if it did.

[@Crossfire2003]

Thanks Steve for clearing things up. There's a lot of super positive information out there about Zen 5 that comes, not only from KZbinrs, but also from serious outlets such as Tom's Hardware, which still mentions on their site that: "Zen 5 brings stellar gaming performance", when talking about 9600X & 9700X.

[@Deadlyshorts666]

Have you seen that techpowerup article about disabling SMT? Thoughts?

[@ACzechManGoingHisOwnWay]

With the inclusion of full AVX512 in the chiplets, it is now quite obvious, that AMD is tuning the chiplets for the enterprise/server market (Epyc line), where density and power efficiency are increasingly more important. Power-perf scaling is not great beyond a certain point and the desktop parts quickly hit a ceiling (desktop Intel seems to scale better with more power). Unfortunately, dedicated desktops are becoming a niche market with low margins, and AMD is right to make these trade-offs (sacrifices) from the economic PoV. As a company, they live off their high margin high volume products.

[@Gorgula]

👍

[@Navi_xoo]

That's fine, they have the 3d chips for gaming. 5700x3d / 7800x3d are amazing cpu's.

[@Winnetou17]

They still really F***k up the marketing, the setting of expectations. And the price is ... not that great too. So, it is also right for the customers to boo AMD for the underwhelming product line.

[@williamgomes5220]

AVX512 and AVX10 will be used one day in games, but it will be a while before it becomes standard on hardware. nothing that comes new in CPUs and GPUs is exclusive to servers and work, everything can be used in programs and games, but it depends on the developer. If there is a game that requires AVX512 and NPU, it will require more current hardware, right.

[@user-nl7hw7uh1m]

"Dedicated desktops are becoming a niche market" That claim doesn't sound right to me. If people are not using desktops anymore, what are they migrating to? Laptops? Or phones maybe?

[@jaykay5369]

Guys, seriously appreciate the re-review 🙏 great work. Loved your first reviews, but did think you were light on efficiency & PBO performance. Again, much appreciated!!!

[@derantorkiarig4592]

Thank you for this second review - it felt a lot calmer and pointed out the important parts which remained somewhat unspoken previously. It really cleared up the situation.

[@DanH11]

I was in the camp that you painted Ryzen 9000 in an undeservedly uncharitable light with your initial review, but I gotta admit after watching this that you've backed up your original stance pretty much irrefutably. With how varied the takes on these initial two releases were, it was quite easy as a consumer to lean towards the more favorable assessments out there - so thank you for having the integrity to tell it like it really is. 👍 You guys are doing good work.

[@The_Noticer.]

I wasn't, but did bemoan the lack of Curve shaper. But after seeing skatterbench's video on it, it seems quite difficult to grasp. So I understand now why it wasn't added.

[@zodwraith5745]

Now that we've seen actual reviews it's obvious AMD's official preview slides were violently cherry picked.

[@TEDdeMedici]

7800x3D is the real power efficiency champ. How is it using less power than the 7700X while spitting out those frames?

[@orionarclight]

Lower clock speeds

[@talibong9518]

All that fast cache keeps the pipeline fed, meaning stalling and flushing isn't needed to be compensated for with a much higher clock speed and faster RAM.

[@tomasdolezel3313]

Well and I will change if their change like 7700x vs 9700x and WHY? SImply... if you have ZEN4 wich is good architekture and products.. you will definitively see some idiotic hunt about "maximum" or GHz numbers. But i dont like 85° CPU and i dont pay for good CPU and go ECO.. thats nonsence. I have complete watercooled computer. But you dont change this like.. maximum freq but also maximum heat and tempature. You will mark this like "It can handle this.. " YE YE, but what about FAN behaivors? I dont see changes about bios, what i see.. or maybe a can say hear.. is noise :P So yes... definitively I will change... if their made 9800x3d 95w or 105w - almost same power (i hope for less difference between x3D or non-x and x about IPC, produktivity), but better thermals. Because if i spend some money like a 1k about watercooled PC.. i dont want hear fans because CPU goes 85°!

[@haukionkannel]

3D cache…

[@imo098765]

oh no, Steve is still standing

[@ChrisLightbulb]

Thanks for clarifying all of these points Steve! I'll sit on my 7800X3D until I see the 9950X3D reviews!

[@hey01e5]

we never let nvidia or intel get away with lying to their customers. why should we for AMD?

[@AliTweel]

@Daniel my boy deserves the shout out. 100% HE is a math teacher doing the usual magic with numbers.

[@jacknash3365]

We all are waiting like you, for a 7800X3D vs 9700X3D review! Great work so far though, thank you.

[@vulcan4d]

They are focused in AI. Reports say they are about 25% faster. For anything else, not worth it.

[@05Matz]

IIRC there's some other stuff (encrypting/decrypting large amounts of data, etc.) that are bottlenecked by the same instructions that got a lot faster here, but it seems like overall it's pretty niche improvements for too much price.

[@swasho2939]

I'm still shocked my year and a half old 7800x3d is still topping the charts in fps and minimum power draw

[@deansmits006]

Well, 5800x3d was that way, so there's a trend

[@skeletonbow]

This and the previous review are the best overall comprehensive coverage of Zen 5 9700X & 9600X I have seen so far, in particular this video with the extra coverage. The extra explanations regarding PBO, and higher speed memory kits, as well as covering the comparable wattage Zen 4 parts really rounds off things very nicely all in one video, and the higher number of games being tested giving a more well rounded result that is less affected by outliers. I for one greatly appreciate your hard work and time doing this level of testing and coverage Steve, thanks for doing the extra work! HUB is the most reliable source for CPU and GPU benchmarks and reviews for gaming IMHO. Keep up the great work!

[@rustler08]

Based on the new naming convention, I am almost wondering if they are going to be releasing 9700XT and 9600XT models that will show more performance. I cannot fathom them dropping a 9700 or 9600 model, because they already sent these out with 65W TDP. It will be interesting to see how their naming plays out now that they've released a product that essentially invalidated their entire Non-X lineup.

[@Hugh_I]

Thy could also go back to how they named the 8-core chips with zen2, i.e. release a 9800X as a higher TDP variant. Though I kinda doubt it, they probably just going to give the 9800X3D a bit more TDP, so that they can establish the X3D variants as the enthusiast class gaming king CPU, while the 9700X is simply the efficient desktop SKU as the non-Xes used to be. And we all know more Xes sell better.

[@haukionkannel]

9000 series just is not better with higher power… Same as with 3700x. It was 65w part. Later they did release 3700 that was little slover. They also did release 3800x 105w that was tiny bit faster with a lot worse power usage! 9000 series seems to be same! They most likely will keep same architecture in 10000 series and boost speed and give it more power.

[@t1e6x12]

I think its possible to get a 9800X with 95 or 105W TDP but I dont think we'd get anything for the 9600X. Pretty sure AMD aimed at increasing their margins this generation and I just dont think we'll be getting anything cheaper.

[@haukionkannel]

⁠ What amd do to 6 core chips that are not fast enough to be 9600x… they sell then as 9600. They don’t trash chips that they can sell!

[@t1e6x12]

@@haukionkannel Maybe a 9500F

[@jibberjabber6919]

Can we please get a 7700 v 7700X v 9700X review? Use the same mobo, DDR5 6000 and GPU.

[@Bound4Earth]

I think Zen 5 is fine, the issue is marketing as usual because I think the marketing aligns with PBO testing on. Which is why when turned it on aligns with a year over year upgrade and you can beat the AMD numbers and the power draw climbs where you would expect. The only real issue besides their trash marketing is the price, if these CPUs were priced lower as they should have been it would have been a great launch. It is just priced too high similar to their GPU when they launched which were also terribly priced. Amd is stagnating and this is exactly why we need intel to get their shit together and compete once again.

[@KookyBone]

The Ryzen 7700 was what the most reviews missed and i am happy you tested this: the 7700 can be bought for just 210€ in Germany while the 9700x is 380€... So again AMD named the products wrong, should be the 9700(non x) at best and priced around 210€ - the did the same bad naming and pricing they did with their last GPU series.

[@MacGuyver85]

"Wrong". Meanwhile the marketing team is getting a raise for their "Right" naming...

[@raphaeldube2507]

Props to you guys for actually going ahead with this. Many channels and reviewers would simply stand on their results without questioning them.

[@jkhmonkey_kfp_pentium_ii_cpu]

I needed to replace my cpu with one that has a igpu, and what I'm seeing from Zen 5 inclusing both Steves' retesting has convinced me to just pick up a discounted Zen 4. Thanks for all the testing Steves

[@spicybentvvods]

First of all, Thanks for the review and the analysis! I don't think these new chips are for anyone who has a new CPU from 18 months ago, or 1 generation old. The way I see it is these chips have great value if you have not upgraded your PC for about 4-6 years minimum, for example someone like me who has a 3800x. I think going from that to a 9700x would be a big deal, especially if I am doing a SFF build, where the lesser amount of heat being output is taken into consideration. I know it's the norm to compare new generation CPU to ones of the previous generation, but I have not yet seen a tech channel do comparisons going all the way back to gen 1 Ryzen. I think for someone like me, that information would be very beneficial, being 3+ generations behind.

[@emsi3200]

I'm not so sure. Even if you haven't upgraded in 6 years and are considering 9700x, then it's much better to buy 7700, which is only 3% slower, has the same TDP, same platform (AM5), but is 20% cheaper.

[@duncfunk2998]

I went from a 3600 to a 7700 a few months back. Saw a massive performance uplift in games and it only cost €220, brand new unused on a local deal.

[@MattiaMirabello]

Same upgrade. My RTX 2070 Super was like "Uh!? That’s nice"

[@givinnatanlie4619]

I currently have a 3600 system as well, would you say it's worth it to upgrade to 7700 directly? because I need to replace the motherboard and RAM as well

[@Nick_R_]

Plus a motherboard and RAM....

[@duncfunk2998]

@@givinnatanlie4619 100%. With my 6700XT I got uplifts of 30-50% at 1440p depending on the game.

[@duncfunk2998]

@@Nick_R_ By the time I sold my AM4 gear the net spend was €150 more than a 5800X3D. I now have an AM5 system with double the ram at 6000mHz instead of 3600mHz.

[@raffaelerusso82]

Good job sir! You've clarified more things than you needed to do! Exceptional work and kudos to you with dealing with your patience and with an audience of uneducated viewers that are always ready to be upset for any little thing!

[@MadridistaFrieren]

Waiting for that one comment that are pointing steve is standing here he realized...

[@wanderingherald]

That is he is just like us?

[@AndyViant]

OK, so straight in at the 5:00, I know you're trying to do apples to apples on wattage specs, agree totally on 7700 vs 9700X stock, but why 9700X Max PBO against stock 7700X?

[@kyraiki80]

Everyone talks about Miss Information but no one asks how Mister Information is doing.

[@antont4974]

People can clearly see the results, no point in arguing too hard

[@Blafard666]

Can they tho ?

[@tyre1337]

@@Blafard666 apparently not leo from kitgurutech

[@maynardburger]

Overall on the internet, I'm still predominantly seeing praise for Zen 5 for its efficiency and misleading claims about how they're actually great for gaming if you just up the power draw some more. AMD has really hoodwinked the audience and even many review outlets. Gonna take a good while before the truth can correct this wide-scale misinformation.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😶

[@quonslecn7755]

Currently, if AMD drops the price of the 7800X3D, then ZEN 5 won't be a flop ... for my wallet

[@celeste3761]

Aliexpress baybee

[@samgoff5289]

Zen 5 is a flop no matter what they do, they literally just did exactly what intel has been criticized for but now the amd fans don’t care as much

[@IlyaV2]

​@@samgoff5289they can drop the price of ZEN5 by 50$ and add a stock cooler. At least new buyers will have a reason to buy them.

[@rustler08]

I love how you nitwits are already say Zen5 is a flop...based on the two lowest models. Last time I checked, there are no real reviews showing the performance of the 9950X or 9900X. Not to say that they're going to be amazing, but it's downright hilarious that anyone has the audacity to call an entire generation a flop when half of the cards aren't even out, let alone the most exciting ones.

[@hiriotapa1983]

@@rustler08 Couldn't it be that the 9700X is actually a 9700 non-X or a 9600X and that they've rebranded the CPUs just to make them look better? A marketing trick? Or something wrong with the drivers and/or BIOS (immature? )that will be corrected in due time?

[@AdamsWorlds]

I been hearing you lower the power curve these things really shine. Better all core clocks, very lower power consumption etc etc. I think people been approaching them wrong by increasing power rather than decreasing.

[@rattlehead999]

The problem with the 9700x is that it costs 360$ instead of 270-280$.

[@necrotic256]

You can get tray 7700 non x for 200$. So how much should 7700 +5% performance cost really?

[@rattlehead999]

@@necrotic256 I can't get a 7700 non-X for 200$, 240-260$ is what it costs.

[@wanderer7779]

It amazes me how AMD is always ready to waste an opportunity! If it couldn't be cheap they at least should have made it exciting...

[@DarioCastellarin]

At this point, AMD is competing with itself. If the AMD product does not suit you, the alternative is still AMD.

[@andersjjensen]

@@DarioCastellarin And if that alternative is also too expensive because you're forced to save EVERY penny that can be saved.... the alternative is STILL AMD.