AMD Ryzen 7 3700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3700 and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Ryzen 7 3700

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3700

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Around 9% higher clock speed: 5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz

Maximum frequency	5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3700
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 3700	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
PassMark - Single thread mark		2660
PassMark - CPU mark		22537
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1253
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		8651
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		6043
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		90.664

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 3700	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen 2
Launch date	December 2019	December 2019
Place in performance rating	not rated	939
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.8 GHz	4.2 GHz
Front-side bus (FSB)	32 MB
L1 cache	96K (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	4.6 GHz
Maximum frequency	4.6 GHz	5 GHz
Number of cores	12	12
Number of threads	24	24
Transistor count	19,200 million	19,200 million
Unlocked
L3 cache		32MB
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	105 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)