Ryzen 7 5700G vs Ryzen 7 3700X

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 7 3700X
2019
8 cores / 16 threads
14.74
Ryzen 7 5700G
2021
8 cores / 16 threads
16.06
+9%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 9% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 7 5700G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking433373
Place by popularity7735
Value for money42.9412.65
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Cezanne (Zen 3)
Release date27 May 2019 (4 years old)13 April 2021 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$329$359
Current price$205 (0.6x MSRP)$1050 (2.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 7 3700X has 239% better value for money than Ryzen 7 5700G.

Technical specs

Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 7 5700G 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cache512 KB512 KB
L2 cache4 MB4 MB
L3 cache32 MB16 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm7 nm
Die sizeno dataAM4 (1331) mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 7 5700G 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
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 7 5700G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, BMI1, BMI2, SHA, F16C, FMA3, AMD64, EVP, AMD-V, SMAP, SMEP, SMT, Precision Boost 2, XFR 2
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 7 5700G are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 7 5700G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 7 5700G.

PCIe versionno data3.0

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 14.74
Ryzen 7 5700G 16.06
+9%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 9% based on our aggregated 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 3700X 22579
Ryzen 7 5700G 24602
+9%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 9% 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 3700X 1655
Ryzen 7 5700G 1982
+19.8%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 20% 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 3700X 8105
Ryzen 7 5700G 8737
+7.8%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 8% 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 3700X 5839
Ryzen 7 5700G 6196
+6.1%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 6% 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 3700X 40439
+4.2%
Ryzen 7 5700G 38827

Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Ryzen 7 5700G by 4% 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 3700X 13815
Ryzen 7 5700G 14324
+3.7%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 4% 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 3700X 3.71
+16.7%
Ryzen 7 5700G 4.33

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 17% 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 3700X 23
Ryzen 7 5700G 24
+1.7%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 2% 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 3700X 2092
Ryzen 7 5700G 2107
+0.7%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 1% 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 3700X 204
Ryzen 7 5700G 243
+18.9%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 19% 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 3700X 2.3
Ryzen 7 5700G 2.86
+24.3%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 24% 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 3700X 11.4
+8.6%
Ryzen 7 5700G 10.5

Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Ryzen 7 5700G by 9% 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 3700X 7503
Ryzen 7 5700G 7681
+2.4%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 2% in WinRAR 4.0.

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 3700X 270
Ryzen 7 5700G 274
+1.6%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 2% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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 3700X 115
Ryzen 7 5700G 123
+7.3%

Ryzen 7 5700G outperforms Ryzen 7 3700X by 7% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.74 16.06
Recency 27 May 2019 13 April 2021
Cost $329 $359

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 7 5700G. The differences in performance seem too small.


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