AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
• 12 more threads: 24 vs 12
• Around 28% higher clock speed: 5 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2661 vs 2275
• Around 67% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22575 vs 13509

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

• 524288x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2661 2275
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	22575 13509

Compare specifications (specs)