AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • 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
  • 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: 31609 vs 22930
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
L1 cache 768 KB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 4 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2692 vs 2685
PassMark - CPU mark 31609 vs 22930

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2692
2685
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
31609
22930
Name AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700
PassMark - Single thread mark 2692 2685
PassMark - CPU mark 31609 22930
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8013

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen 2
Family Ryzen 9 Ryzen 7
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 30 Sep 2019
OPN Tray 100-000000072 100-000000073
Place in performance rating 678 575
Processor Number PRO 3900 PRO 3700
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Series 3000

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 64 MB 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 4.4 GHz
Number of cores 12 8
Number of threads 24 16
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Memory

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

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 4.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
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™)