Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Ryzen 7 3700X

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking574not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.74no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Strix Halo/Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 300)
Power efficiency20.67no data
DesignerAMDAMD
ManufacturerTSMCno data
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Strix Point (Zen 5) (2025)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)6 January 2025 (less than a year 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 Z2 Extreme 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 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)8 MB
L3 cache32 MB16 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm4 nm
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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)no data
SocketAM4FP8
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataUSB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen Z2 Extreme are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. 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 890M

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 6 January 2025
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen Z2 Extreme has an age advantage of 5 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 7 3700X is a desktop processor while Ryzen Z2 Extreme is a notebook one.

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