AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    141%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    135%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    148%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 35% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 48% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 41% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 1700

None

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 1700
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

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 1700
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsZen
Release DateDec 2019vsMar 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 1700
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 1700
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 1700
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD Ryzen 7 1700
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    4928 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    4070 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    39352 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    32208 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    2101
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    1415

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    199
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    147

points - higher is better