AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs AMD Phenom II X3 740 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and AMD Phenom II X3 740 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

• CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• 5 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 3
• Around 43% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm FinFET vs 45 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2421 vs 982
• 12.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17532 vs 1424
• Around 56% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 7046 vs 4510

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 740 BE

• Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt
• Around 74% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1836 vs 1057

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 740 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2421 982
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	17532 1424
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1057 1836
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	7046 4510

Compare specifications (specs)