Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U vs Ryzen 7 3700X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 3700X
2019
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
14.18
+35.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
10.49

Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking513746
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.23no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency20.6666.22
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Rembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)19 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache32 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data208 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 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
SocketAM4FP7
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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 3700X 14.18
+35.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 10.49

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 3700X 22528
+35.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 16657

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 3700X 1671
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 1736
+3.9%

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 3700X 8080
+21.7%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6637

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 3700X 5839
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6062
+3.8%

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 3700X 40439
+25.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 32262

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 3700X 13815
+22%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 11322

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 3700X 3.71
+109%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 7.74

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 3700X 23
+43.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 16

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 3700X 2092
+43.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 1460

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 3700X 204
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 233
+14%

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 3700X 2.3
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 2.79
+21.3%

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 3700X 11.4
+107%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 5.5

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 3700X 7503
+40.4%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 5343

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 3700X 115
+33.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 86

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 3700X 270
+20.1%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 224

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 3700X 8960
+38.1%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6489

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 3700X 181
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 397
+119%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 3700X 1304
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 1453
+11.4%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 3700X 5333
+2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 5229

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 3700X 57307
+51.4%
Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 37857

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.18 10.49
Recency 7 July 2019 19 April 2022
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 3700X has a 35.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 3700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 3700X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U is a notebook one.


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