Ryzen 7 3700U vs Ryzen 7 1700X

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 1700X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
9.86
+119%
Ryzen 7 3700U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.50

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by a whopping 119% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 3700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7871323
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.59no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency9.8228.39
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date2 March 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3423
L1 cache768 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache16384 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size192 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 3700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMAFMA3+
AVX++
XFR+-
SenseMI+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 3700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 3700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 3700U.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanes2012

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 1700X 9.86
+119%
Ryzen 7 3700U 4.50

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 15659
+119%
Ryzen 7 3700U 7141

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 1098
+18.8%
Ryzen 7 3700U 924

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 5603
+108%
Ryzen 7 3700U 2688

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 4662
+5.7%
Ryzen 7 3700U 4411

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 31950
+107%
Ryzen 7 3700U 15461

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 9076
+97.5%
Ryzen 7 3700U 4595

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 4.89
+176%
Ryzen 7 3700U 13.48

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 17
+123%
Ryzen 7 3700U 8

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 7 1700X 1537
+129%
Ryzen 7 3700U 672

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 154
+10.8%
Ryzen 7 3700U 139

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 1.73
+8.8%
Ryzen 7 3700U 1.59

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 9
+136%
Ryzen 7 3700U 3.8

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 3728
+55.9%
Ryzen 7 3700U 2392

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.  

Ryzen 7 1700X 90
+232%
Ryzen 7 3700U 27

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.  

Ryzen 7 1700X 180
+71.8%
Ryzen 7 3700U 105

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 1700X 327
Ryzen 7 3700U 703
+115%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 1700X 3746
+7.3%
Ryzen 7 3700U 3493

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 1700X 39624
+158%
Ryzen 7 3700U 15387

Geekbench 2

Ryzen 7 1700X 19631
+95.8%
Ryzen 7 3700U 10025

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Ryzen 7 1700X 20294
+123%
Ryzen 7 3700U 9117

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Ryzen 7 1700X 4184
+28.9%
Ryzen 7 3700U 3247

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.86 4.50
Recency 2 March 2017 6 January 2019
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 1700X has a 119.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen 7 3700U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 1700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 3700U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 1700X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 3700U is a notebook one.


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