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AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

AMD Ryzen 7 3700U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 3700U

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.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

► remove from comparison AMD Athlon 3050U

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is a mobile processor for thin and light entry level laptops. It is based on the Picasso series (e.g. Ryzen 3000U APUs) and offers two Zen cores clocked at 2.3 to 3.2 GHz without SMT (two threads at once) and 4 MB of L3 Cache. The integrated graphics card is called Radeon RX Vega 2 and offers only 2 CUs (128 shaders) clocked at up to 1,100 MHz.

In Chromebooks, AMD calles the APU AMD Athlon Silver 3050C, but with the exact same specifications (and performance).

Performance

We have not tested a single system built around the 3050U, as of August 2023. Expect the chip to be just a few percentage points slower than the Athlon 3150U (two Zen cores, 4 threads, up to 3.3 GHz). This kind of performance should suffice for most day-to-day tasks but not much more than that.

Power consumption

This Athlon series chip has a default TDP of 15 W (also known as the long-term power limit). Laptop makers are free to change that to anything between 12 W and 25 W with clock speeds and peformance changing accordingly as a result. Either way, that's a tad too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

Last but not the least, the APU is built with a 14 nm process leading to poor, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 7 3700UAMD Athlon Silver 3050U
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
CodenamePicasso-U (Zen+)Dali (Zen)
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Dali (Zen)
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
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U « 2.3 - 3.2 GHz2 / 2 cores4 MB L3
Clock2300 - 4000 MHz2300 - 3200 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB192 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB
L3 Cache4 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 2
TDP15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors4500 Million4500 Million
Technology12 nm14 nm
max. Temp.105 °C95 °C
SocketFP5FP5
FeaturesDDR4-2400, 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, SMEDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.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
min: 537     avg: 648     median: 672 (4%)     max: 683 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 127     avg: 138     median: 139 (42%)     max: 146 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 5.02     avg: 7     median: 7.6 (10%)     max: 7.71 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.23     avg: 1.5     median: 1.6 (40%)     max: 1.67 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 4045     avg: 4411     median: 4410.5 (27%)     max: 4776 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 12881     avg: 15461     median: 15461 (11%)     max: 18041 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 27166     avg: 27205     median: 27205 (19%)     max: 27244 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 7765     avg: 7767     median: 7767 (9%)     max: 7769 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
450.4 s (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
13.5 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
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
27.1 fps (9%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
104.8 fps (24%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 2.76     avg: 3.3     median: 3.3 (6%)     max: 3.9 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.4 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.6 GB/s (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
3.8 GB/s (10%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 671     avg: 797     median: 703 (5%)     max: 1018 Seconds
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
4595 Points (10%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
12.6 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
29.6 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
748 s (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 5060     avg: 5955     median: 5416 (15%)     max: 7250 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 30752     avg: 31840     median: 31238.5 (25%)     max: 34132 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 30487     avg: 32042     median: 31393 (25%)     max: 34896 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 24397     avg: 31189     median: 30959.5 (26%)     max: 38440 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 2957     avg: 4954     median: 4978 (13%)     max: 7033 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 6380     avg: 8272     median: 8698.5 (16%)     max: 9457 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2012     avg: 2427     median: 2224 (9%)     max: 3044 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
743 Points (31%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
1429 Points (3%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3445     avg: 3785     median: 3843.5 (38%)     max: 4009 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
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

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