AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X 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
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 5 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% 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: 2660 vs 2275
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22541 vs 16971
Specifications (specs)
Launch date December 2019 vs September 2018
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Maximum frequency 5 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L1 cache 96K (per core) vs 768 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2660 vs 2275
PassMark - CPU mark 22541 vs 16971

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

  • 524288x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt
L3 cache 16 MB vs 32MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2660
2275
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22541
16971
Name AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2660 2275
PassMark - CPU mark 22541 16971
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 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date December 2019 September 2018
Place in performance rating 938 939
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD27BXBAM88AF
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 4.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 96K (per core) 768 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 4 MB
L3 cache 32MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Maximum frequency 5 GHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 12 8
Number of threads 24 16
Transistor count 19,200 million 4800 million
Unlocked
Die size 192 mm
Maximum core temperature 95°C

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

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™)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0