Ryzen 7 2700U vs 3 N355
Aggregate performance score
Core 3 N355 outperforms Ryzen 7 2700U by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1063 | 1417 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Ryzen 7 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 27.11 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | no data | Raven Ridge (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 1 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 26 October 2017 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 22 |
| L1 cache | no data | 96 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB Intel® Smart Cache | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 210 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,950 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U 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 | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA1264 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| GPIO | + | no data |
Security technologies
Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® Graphics | AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1300 MHz) |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.35 GHz | no data |
| Execution Units | 32 | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096 x 2160@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096 x 2160@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 3 N355 and Ryzen 7 2700U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 9 | 12 |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.2 | 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.92 | 4.27 |
| Recency | 1 January 2025 | 26 October 2017 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 4 |
3 N355 has a 62.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and 100% more physical cores.
The Intel Core 3 N355 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 7 2700U in performance tests.
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