AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Intel Core i9-9900

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Intel Core i9-9900 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. 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 PRO 3700

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22930 vs 16556
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 vs 23 April 2019
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 32 MB vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 22930 vs 16556

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-9900

  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 5.00 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95 °C
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2837 vs 2685
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 5.00 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 95 °C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2837 vs 2685

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-9900

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2685
2837
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22930
16556
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 Intel Core i9-9900
PassMark - Single thread mark 2685 2837
PassMark - CPU mark 22930 16556
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1263
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7913
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6750

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 Intel Core i9-9900

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Coffee Lake
Family Ryzen 7 Core i9
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 23 April 2019
OPN Tray 100-000000073
Place in performance rating 574 961
Processor Number PRO 3700 i9-9900
Series 3000
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $439, $449

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.10 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100 °C
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz 5.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E98
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)