Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U vs Ryzen 7 3700U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1322not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency28.37no data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Hawk Point (2024)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm4 nm
Die size209.78 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4940 Million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U 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
SocketFP5FP7
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz)AMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1220

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 4.24 14.91
Recency 6 January 2019 16 April 2024
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 12 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 7 3700U has 86.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U, on the other hand, has 251.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 3700U is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U is a server/workstation one.


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