Ryzen 7 3700X vs Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 7 3700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 465 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 97 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 39.01 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | 2x Athlon 64 (Desktop) | AMD Ryzen 7 |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2009) | Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020) |
| Release date | no data | 7 July 2019 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $329 |
| Current price | $50 | $203 (0.6x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 7 3700X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Bus support | 1000 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 7 nm |
| Number of transistors | no data | 19,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 7 3700X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 7 3700X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 7 3700X are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 7 3700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 51.196 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4600+ by 3034% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4600+ by 630% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4600+ by 1879% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4600+ by 203% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4600+ by 981% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 7 nm |
We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 7 3700X. We've got no test results to judge.
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