Core i3-4030U vs Ryzen 7 1700

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 1700
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
9.58
+692%

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms i3-4030U by a whopping 692% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking7502247
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.31no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Core i3
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date2 March 2017 (7 years ago)14 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329$281
Current price$212 (0.6x MSRP)$383 (1.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz1.9 GHz
L1 cache768 KB128 KB
L2 cache4096 KB512 KB
L3 cache16384 KB3 MB
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA3no data
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+
XFR-no data
SenseMI+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel HD Graphics 4400
Max video memory-2 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency-1 GHz
InTru 3D-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-3200x2000@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-3200x2000@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA-N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-11.2/12
OpenGL-4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i3-4030U.

PCIe versionn/a2.0
PCI Express lanes2012
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data4
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data4
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 7 1700 9.58
+692%
i3-4030U 1.21

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 692% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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 1700 14810
+691%
i3-4030U 1872

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 691% 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 1700 1009
+76.7%
i3-4030U 571

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 77% 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 1700 5121
+340%
i3-4030U 1164

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 340% 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 1700 4419
+57.4%
i3-4030U 2808

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 57% 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 1700 29330
+367%
i3-4030U 6285

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 367% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 1700 8335
+231%
i3-4030U 2520

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 231% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 7 1700 6
+341%
i3-4030U 26.46

Core i3-4030U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700 by 341% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 7 1700 16
+673%
i3-4030U 2

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 673% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 1700 1414
+640%
i3-4030U 191

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 640% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 1700 147
+110%
i3-4030U 70

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 110% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 7 1700 1.66
+108%
i3-4030U 0.8

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 108% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1700 7.2
+555%
i3-4030U 1.1

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 555% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1700 3447
+47.1%
i3-4030U 2344

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 47% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1700 74
+515%
i3-4030U 12

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 515% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 1700 154
+137%
i3-4030U 65

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 137% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 7 1700 23920
+535%
i3-4030U 3767

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 535% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 7 1700 3343
+86.8%
i3-4030U 1790

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 87% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 7 1700 18461
+343%
i3-4030U 4165

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Core i3-4030U by 343% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.58 1.21
Recency 2 March 2017 14 April 2014
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Cost $329 $281
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 7 1700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-4030U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 1700 is a desktop processor while Core i3-4030U is a notebook one.


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