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AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700U

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

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The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 is an eight-core desktop processor that can handle sixteen threads simultaneously thanks to Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT). This technology is equivalent to Intel's Hyper-Threading. Launched in April 2018, the Ryzen 7 2700 is the second fastest Ryzen 7 processor and is much more economical than its flagship sibling. The Ryzen 7 2700 has a 65 W TDP, which is nearly 50% more efficient than the 105 W TDP Ryzen 7 2700 X. This energy efficiency comes at a cost to performance though.

The Ryzen 7 2700 has a base clock speed of 3.2 GHz, which can be boosted by Extended Frequency Range (XFR) up to 4.1 GHz. The power gain is still high in multi-threaded applications, although this is some way off the Ryzen 7 2700X. The Ryzen 7 2700 benefits from AMD's new Zen+ architecture, with a greater number of instructions per cycle (IPC) and higher clock speeds than last year's Zen chips. The Ryzen 7 2700's eight cores are divided into two clusters that are connected by Infinity Fabric, a subset of HyperTransport. Each cluster has its own L3 cache.

The Ryzen 7 2700 has good performance in games. However, if it is operating at a lower base clock because of low TDP, then the Ryzen 7 2700 falls behind the Ryzen 5 2600 in gaming benchmarks. This behaviour could be because many games currently lack multi-core support. Hence, games rely more on clock speed more than core count.

Detailed information, benchmarks and values can be found in our review of the Ryzen 7 2700.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700U

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The AMD Ryzen 7 3700U is a mobile SoC that was announced in January 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.3 GHz to 4 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 10 graphics adapter with 10 CUs (640 shaders) clocked at up to 1,400 MHz. Specified at 15 Watt TDP, the SoC is intended for thin mid-range laptops. In Chromebooks, AMD calles the APU AMD Ryzen 7 3700C, but with the exact same specifications (and performance).

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPC (performance per clock) improvements.

The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

Performance

The average 3700U in our database is a solid mid-range CPU as of early 2021, its multi-thread benchmark scores matching those of the Core i5-10310U and the Core i5-1035G7 (the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is found close nearby as well). This Ryzen 7 is good for more than just binge-watching Netflix and writing e-mails. Just do not expect it to be as fast as a Core i7-11800H.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and sufficiently high CPU power limits, the ThinkPad E595 is among the fastest laptops powered by the 3700U that we know of. It can be up to 50% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 series chip has a default TDP of 15 W (also known as the long-term power limit). This can be changed by a laptop manufacturer to anything between 12 W and 35 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. Either way, that's a little too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

Last but not the least, the Ryzen 7 3700U is manufactured on a 12 nm process for lower-than-average, as of mid-2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 7 2700AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
CodenameZen+Picasso-U (Zen+)
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Picasso-U (Zen+)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X compare3.7 - 4.3 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 « 3.2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U compare2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U « 2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H compare2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U compare2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U compare2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U compare2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
Clock3200 - 4100 MHz2300 - 4000 MHz
L2 Cache4 MB2 MB
L3 Cache16 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 164 / 8
TDP65 Watt15 Watt
Transistors4940 Million4500 Million
Technology12 nm12 nm
Die Size213 mm2
SocketAM4 (1331)FP5
FeaturesSSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR4-2400, PCIe 3, 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, SME
Architecturex86x86
$299 U.S.
Announced
L1 Cache384 KB
max. Temp.105 °C
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz)
Manufacturerwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 3700U
26 pt (36%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 285     avg: 339.2     median: 343 (38%)     max: 368 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1047     avg: 1344     median: 1499 (4%)     max: 1560 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1551 Points (10%)
min: 537     avg: 648     median: 672 (4%)     max: 683 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
161 Points (48%)
min: 127     avg: 138     median: 139 (42%)     max: 146 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
16.7 Points (22%)
min: 5.02     avg: 7     median: 7.6 (10%)     max: 7.71 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.8 Points (44%)
min: 1.23     avg: 1.5     median: 1.6 (40%)     max: 1.67 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
4505 Points (27%)
min: 4045     avg: 4411     median: 4410.5 (27%)     max: 4776 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
31385 Points (23%)
min: 12881     avg: 15461     median: 15461 (11%)     max: 18041 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
49441 Points (34%)
min: 27166     avg: 27205     median: 27205 (19%)     max: 27244 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
7756 Points (9%)
min: 7765     avg: 7767     median: 7767 (9%)     max: 7769 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
130.5 s (2%)
450.4 s (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
5.1 s (1%)
13.5 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4440 Points (7%)
2392 Points (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 12738     avg: 15166     median: 15386.5 (9%)     max: 17153 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3038     avg: 3423     median: 3492.5 (42%)     max: 3668 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
89.7 fps (31%)
27.1 fps (9%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
195.7 fps (45%)
104.8 fps (24%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
9.5 fps (17%)
min: 2.76     avg: 3.3     median: 3.3 (6%)     max: 3.9 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.9 GB/s (0%)
0.4 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.4 GB/s (24%)
0.6 GB/s (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
9 GB/s (23%)
3.8 GB/s (10%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
308.3 Seconds (2%)
min: 671     avg: 797     median: 703 (5%)     max: 1018 Seconds
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
9475 Points (20%)
4595 Points (10%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
11.1 s (2%)
12.6 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.1 s (1%)
29.6 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
597 s (3%)
748 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 R7 2700 +
51796 Points (45%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
13959 Points (38%)
min: 5060     avg: 5955     median: 5416 (15%)     max: 7250 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
64158 Points (52%)
min: 30752     avg: 31840     median: 31238.5 (25%)     max: 34132 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
64932 Points (53%)
min: 30487     avg: 32042     median: 31393 (25%)     max: 34896 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
66419 Points (56%)
min: 24397     avg: 31189     median: 30959.5 (26%)     max: 38440 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
12224 Points (31%)
min: 2957     avg: 4954     median: 4978 (13%)     max: 7033 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
17915 Points (32%)
min: 6380     avg: 8272     median: 8698.5 (16%)     max: 9457 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
8049 Points (34%)
min: 2012     avg: 2427     median: 2224 (9%)     max: 3044 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 R7 2700 +
1000 Points (42%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 R7 2700 +
6560 Points (12%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4681 Points (47%)
min: 3445     avg: 3785     median: 3843.5 (38%)     max: 4009 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
22776 Points (25%)
min: 8907     avg: 10275     median: 10542 (12%)     max: 11107 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
3247 Points (44%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
9117 Points (22%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
10238 Points (18%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
3003 Points (59%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
10881 Points (17%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
3354 Points (50%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
7277 Points (59%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
5738 Points (52%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
12851 Points (25%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
10434 Points (21%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
10025 Points (26%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1285     avg: 1321     median: 1299 (2%)     max: 1405 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
147.3 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 23657     avg: 26597     median: 27490 (25%)     max: 28301 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 152     avg: 154     median: 154 (32%)     max: 156 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R7 2700 +
140.9 Watt (24%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R7 2700 +
143.2 Watt (26%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 R7 2700 +
10.8 Points per Watt (8%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 2700 → 100% n=31

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 3700U → 62% n=31

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