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Continental ContiSportContact 5 vs Continental SportContact 7 — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 0 + 22 road tests and 27 + 1,642 owner reviews. How we score

SportContact 7 is ahead, 84–66

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Continental SportContact 7
Tire BContinental

SportContact 7

Summer

± 5

Tests 84 · 22 tests Owners 81 · 1,642 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 18 in 2025 ADAC Summer Tyre Test (wet braking)

“On my 2nd set. Got decent mileage from them. 15k miles from the first set of rears and i've 11k on the 2nd set with 4.5mm still left on them.”

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 67

    Dry

    SportContact 7 +29
    96
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5SportContact 7
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 21 tests≈ 67 (est.)100
    Reviews found online6691

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 67.2 (est.) + 40% × 66.2 = 67

    SportContact 7: 60% × 99.9 + 40% × 90.5 = 96

    No road tests of dry for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).

  2. 71

    Wet

    SportContact 7 +22
    93
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5SportContact 7
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 22 tests≈ 71 (est.)96
    Reviews found online7190

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 71.1 (est.) + 40% × 71.3 = 71

    SportContact 7: 60% × 95.7 + 40% × 89.9 = 93

    No road tests of wet for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 68

    Snow

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5SportContact 7
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 69 (est.)–
    Reviews found online67–

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 69.4 (est.) + 40% × 66.7 = 68

    No road tests of snow for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

  4. 63

    Comfort

    SportContact 7 +4
    67
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5SportContact 7
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests≈ 67 (est.)56
    Reviews found online6175

    ContiSportContact 5: 40% × 67.2 (est.) + 60% × 61 = 63

    SportContact 7: 40% × 55.6 + 60% × 75.4 = 67

    No road tests of comfort for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. 70

    Noise

    ContiSportContact 5 +8
    62
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5SportContact 7
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 19 tests≈ 66 (est.)59
    Reviews found online74≈ 66 (est.)

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 74.3 = 70

    SportContact 7: 60% × 59.2 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 62

    No road tests of noise for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

    No owner ratings of noise for SportContact 7. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  6. 56

    Treadwear

    SportContact 7 +12
    68
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5SportContact 7
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 61 (est.)72
    Reviews found online5063

    ContiSportContact 5: 60% × 60.6 (est.) + 40% × 50 = 56

    SportContact 7: 60% × 72 + 40% × 62.5 = 68

    No road tests of treadwear for ContiSportContact 5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. –

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    89
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5SportContact 7
    Reviews found online–89
  8. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    72
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5SportContact 7
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 21 tests–72
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental ContiSportContact 5Continental SportContact 7
Relative Score 66 84
Dry 67 96
Wet 71 93
Snow 68 –
Comfort 63 67
Noise 70 62
Treadwear 56 68
Handling (owners) – 89
Efficiency – 72

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

Weight the categories that matter to you

Wet grip starts at “Important”. Treadwear starts at “Neutral” here: road tests measured it for at most one of the two tires, so it rests on owner reviews. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.

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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.

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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.

Recomputed
Headline score
± 8

ContiSportContact 5

± 5

SportContact 7

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A ContiSportContact 5

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Tire B SportContact 7

Pros

  • Phenomenal wet and dry grip with high cornering limits
  • Precise steering response and excellent road feedback
  • Strong braking performance and high stability at speed

Cons

  • Faster-than-average tread wear, especially with spirited driving or track use
  • Stiff sidewalls can contribute to a harsher, bumpier ride
  • Elevated road noise reported on certain road surfaces
All owner themes in the SportContact 7 review

What real owners are saying

From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score

Tire A

Continental ContiSportContact 5

We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.

Tire B

Continental SportContact 7

Positive

The community generally regards the SportContact 7 as an excellent ultra-high-performance tire, praised for exceptional dry and wet grip, direct steering, quick warm-up, and good rim protection. Many rank it at or above the Michelin PS4S and ahead of the PS5 and Goodyear Asymmetric 6 for outright performance. The main criticisms are fast tread wear (often about 10–15k miles), low starting tread depth, softer sidewalls, some tramlining and noise, and poor durability on track.

mustang7g.com ·1 upvote ·2024-08-26

“I have Continental Sport Contact 7's on my S550 and the are better than the PS4S in my view (plus they stack up well in independent reviews as well)”
rennlist.com

“I can also give my input, I'm running 245 front and 295 rears with 20inch. I have sc7s and honestly am a big fan of the tire. I can only compare them the pzero's and for me they feel more predictable and way better in the wet. The sidewall protection is quite decent although not sure how it compares to the michelins. Same as Gmuend I found the sc7s for 30% less so it was a no brainer.”
bimmerforums.co.uk ·1 upvote ·2024-05-10

“and they don't have Bridgestone tyre model in both sizes I need. I guess it means I'm back to Camskill and consider either Turanza 6 Enliten or Conti Sport Contact 7. Both got good scores on TyreReviews.com. I could get whole set of Turanzas from Camskill, whereas with Continentals, I would need to buy rear ones elsewhere”
Top themes
#Exceptional grip#Fast tread wear#Comparison with PS4S#Wet performance#Track durability#Comfort and noise#Rim protection#PremiumContact 7 alternative

Based on 115 community posts

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental ContiSportContact 5 B · Continental SportContact 7
CategorySummer tireSummer
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available86123
Rim diameters17″ – 22″18″ – 24″
Tread depth8 - 10/32″8 - 9/32″
UTQG280 - 420 A - AA A240 AA A
SidewallBlack Side WallBlack Side Wall
Max pressure50 - 51 psi50 - 51 psi
Sizes in common3333

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental ContiSportContact 5

Continental SportContact 7

Winner: Continental SportContact 7 — better dry, wet and treadwear. Pick the Continental ContiSportContact 5 if noise matters most to you.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Continental SportContact 7 scores 96 vs 67 on dry.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Continental SportContact 7 scores 93 vs 71 on wet.

Pick tire B You want the longest tread life

Continental SportContact 7 scores 68 vs 56 on treadwear.

Pick tire A You want a quieter cabin

Continental ContiSportContact 5 scores 70 vs 62 on noise.

Tire A · Continental ContiSportContact 5
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ContiSportContact 5 or SportContact 7?

Which is better in the wet, ContiSportContact 5 or SportContact 7?

Continental SportContact 7, 93 vs 71 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, ContiSportContact 5 or SportContact 7?

Continental SportContact 7, 96 vs 67 on our dry score.

Which is quieter, ContiSportContact 5 or SportContact 7?

Continental ContiSportContact 5, 70 vs 62 on our noise score.

Which is more comfortable, ContiSportContact 5 or SportContact 7?

Continental SportContact 7, 67 vs 63 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, ContiSportContact 5 or SportContact 7?

Continental SportContact 7, 68 vs 56 on our treadwear score.

How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology