AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs AMD Phenom II X3 N850

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3700U and AMD Phenom II X3 N850 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3700U

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• 5 more threads: 8 vs 3
• Around 82% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1970 vs 895
• 5.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7140 vs 1298

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N850

• Around 84% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1343 vs 729
• Around 18% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3130 vs 2651

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 N850

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1970 895
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	7140 1298
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	729 1343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	2651 3130

Compare specifications (specs)