
Asus ZenBook 14 UM431DA laptop review: Also makes a good impression with Ryzen
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U | AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 | 14.00" | 1.4 kg
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.
Codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Picasso-U (Zen+)
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Clock Rate | 2300 - 4000 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 1 Cache | 384 KB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 2 Cache | 2 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 3 Cache | 4 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) | 15 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistor Count | 4500 Million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturing Technology | 12 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Temperature | 105 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Socket | FP5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | DDR4-2400, 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 Bit | 64 Bit support | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | x86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcement Date | 01/06/2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Link (external) | www.amd.com |
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