AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    112%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    110%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    114%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

10% higher single threaded performance.
14% higher multi threaded performance.
40 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 12% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

None

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 2700X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 2700X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen+
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsZen
Release DateDec 2019vsMar 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 2700X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 2700X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs4350 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsvariable
TDP65 Wvs105 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    4928 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    4785 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    39352 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    39723 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    2101
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    1828

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    199
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    180

points - higher is better