AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    127%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    133%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    121%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 33% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 21% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 27% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

40 watts lower power draw.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsAMD Zen 2
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameVermeervsZen 2
Release DateNov 2020vsDec 2019

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs32MB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs7 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs4400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP105 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    5640 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    4928 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    44505 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    39352 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (simulated)
    266.33
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    199

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (simulated)
    2551.14
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    2101

points - higher is better