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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Productivity Application Benchmarks, the TLDR:
We boil down productivity application performance into two broad categories: single- and multi-threaded. These slides show the geometric mean of performance in several of our most important tests in each of these categories, but be sure to look at the expanded results below for more granular analysis.
AMD's 3D V-Cache tech works wonders for gaming, but it results in lower voltages and frequencies that reduce performance in productivity applications compared to AMD's standard models. The Ryzen 5000X3D chips for the AM4 platform also use the older Zen 3 microarchitecture rather than the new Zen 4, which also results in further declines relative to newer Ryzen 7000 and 7000X3D processors.
That leaves the Ryzen 7 5700X3D with a very clear advantage in gaming, but a very clear disadvantage in productivity applications. The Core i5-14400 is 10% faster in multi-threaded work and 27% faster in single-threaded applications than the 5700X3D, so it offers a much more balanced profile overall.
If you're looking for a more balanced Ryzen chip that's even better than the Core i5-14400, the $210 Ryzen 5 7600X fits the bill. This chip is 6% faster than the Core i5-14400 in single-threaded work and 3% faster in multi-threaded applications, so it's a solid all-rounder if you prize performance in productivity workloads. It's also 14% faster in multi-threaded and 37% faster in single-threaded workloads than the Ryzen 7 5700X3D.
The Ryzen 7 5700X3D is 9% slower in gaming than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, but 7% slower in multi-threaded and 10% slower in single-threaded productivity applications.
We're also incredibly impressed that the 5700X3D can beat the stock $310 Core i5-14600K in gaming, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention that the 14600K is 58% faster in multi-threaded and 44% faster in single-threaded work. These chips come with drastically different price points and thermal/power profiles, so bear in mind that they aren't direct competitors.
Rendering Benchmarks on AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
The Ryzen 7 5700X3D predictably lags in all of these benchmarks, highlighting that you'll need to select another option if you're looking for the utmost in rendering performance.
Encoding Benchmarks on AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Our tests include single-threaded encoding benchmarks, like LAME and FLAC, but the SVT-AV1 and SVT-HEVC tests represent a newer class of threaded encoders.
Compilation, Compression, AVX on AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
This selection of tests spans from massively parallel molecular dynamics simulation code in NAMD to compression/decompression performance. Y-cruncher computes Pi with the AVX instruction set, making for an incredibly demanding benchmark.
Many of these tests aren't very relevant to the target audience for this class of chip, but we include them for completeness.
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