Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U vs Ryzen 9 5950X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 5950X
2020
16 cores / 32 threads, 105 Watt
29.80
+139%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
12.46

Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U by a whopping 139% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking158635
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.76no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 9no data
Power efficiency25.8875.74
Architecture codenameVermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)Barcelo-U Refresh (2023)
Release date8 October 2020 (4 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3216
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.9 GHz4.5 GHz
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache1 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache64 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm7 nm
Die sizeCPU cores: 2x 80.7 sq. mm., I/O: 125 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration11
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 9 5950X 29.80
+139%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 12.46

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 9 5950X 45600
+139%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 19061

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 9 5950X 2215
+43.6%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 1543

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 9 5950X 12133
+117%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 5590

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 9 5950X 6690
+9.5%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 6108

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 9 5950X 56641
+67.9%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 33735

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 9 5950X 17657
+102%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 8758

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 9 5950X 4.23
+147%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 10.43

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 9 5950X 48
+173%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 18

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 9 5950X 4324
+146%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 1756

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 5950X 267
+16.4%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 229

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 5950X 3.08
+14.9%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 2.68

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 9 5950X 26
+519%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 4.2

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 9 5950X 212
+123%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 95

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 9 5950X 330
+49.3%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 221

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 9 5950X 12736
+141%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 5274

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 5950X 16248
+148%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 6560

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 5950X 118
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 302
+156%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 5950X 1652
+14.9%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 1438

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 5950X 6852
+30%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 5269

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 5950X 122978
+168%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 45924

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 5950X 290
+14%
Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 254

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 29.80 12.46
Recency 8 October 2020 4 January 2023
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 9 5950X has a 139.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 600% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 5950X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 9 5950X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U is a notebook one.


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