AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 9 3800X 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 3700X

AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Around 6% higher clock speed: 5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz
Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 125 Watt

Maximum frequency	5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
8 more threads: 32 vs 24
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2715 vs 2658
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23078 vs 22482

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 12
Number of threads	32 vs 24
L1 cache	96K (per core) vs 96K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core) vs 512K (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2715 vs 2658
PassMark - CPU mark	23078 vs 22482

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2658

2715

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22482

23078

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen 9 3800X
PassMark - Single thread mark	2658	2715
PassMark - CPU mark	22482	23078
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 9 3800X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen 2
Launch date	December 2019	December 2019
Place in performance rating	937	673
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	4.2 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	32MB	32MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm
Maximum frequency	5 GHz	4.7 GHz
Number of cores	12	16
Number of threads	24	32
Transistor count	19,200 million	19,200 million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB)		7 nm
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	125 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™)