AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 4192 vs 2658
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 35855 vs 22482
  • Around 47% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 8904 vs 6043
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 Sep 2022 vs December 2019
Maximum frequency 5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
L2 cache 8 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB vs 32MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 4192 vs 2658
PassMark - CPU mark 35855 vs 22482
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8904 vs 6043

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
L1 cache 96K (per core) vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4192
2658
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
35855
22482
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
8904
6043
Name AMD Ryzen 7 7700X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 4192 2658
PassMark - CPU mark 35855 22482
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8904 6043
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1253
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8651
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 7700X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 4 Zen 2
Launch date 27 Sep 2022 December 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $399
OPN Tray 100-000000591
Place in performance rating 199 937
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 4.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Die size 70 mm²
L1 cache 512 KB 96K (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 512K (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 32MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 61 °C
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
Maximum frequency 5.4 GHz 5 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 16 24
Transistor count 6570 million 19,200 million
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory types DDR5-5200 DDR4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM5 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 105 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 5.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
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™)