Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U vs Pentium G6950

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium G6950
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 73 Watt
0.71
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.15
+485%

Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U outperforms Pentium G6950 by a whopping 485% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28751498
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency0.4111.69
DesignerIntelAMD
ManufacturerIntelGlobalFoundries
Architecture codenameClarkdale (2010−2011)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)8 April 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$60no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium G6950 and Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache64 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm12 nm
Die size81 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistors382 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G6950 and Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1156FP5
Power consumption (TDP)73 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G6950 and Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data

Security technologies

Pentium G6950 and Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G6950 and Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G6950 and Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size16.38 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth17 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HDAMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz)

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G6950 and Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G6950 and Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Pentium G6950 0.71
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4.15
+485%

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.

Pentium G6950 1252
Samples: 87
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 7288
+482%
Samples: 382

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.

Pentium G6950 307
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 933
+204%

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.

Pentium G6950 526
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 2968
+464%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.71 4.15
Recency 7 January 2010 8 April 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 32 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 73 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U has a 484.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 386.7% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium G6950 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium G6950 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U is a notebook one.

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