Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition sales 29 April 2019 at a recommended price of $329. Based on a Zen+ architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 12 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4300 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 105 Watt. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.

Primary details

Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date	29 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	37	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache	768 KB	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	4 MB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	16 MB	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	12 nm	of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size	213 mm2
Number of transistors	4800 Million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	Socket AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
AVX	+
Precision Boost 2	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	64 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition.

Integrated graphics card

-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes	20	of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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