AMD Ryzen 7 3700C vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000C AMD Ryzen 3000U
• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  2 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.3 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.7 GHz 3.5 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  10 10
• Generation
  8 8
• GPU Frequency
  1400 MHz 1400 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2018
• Shader
  640 640
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 3700U and AMD Ryzen 7 3700C. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2400
• PCIe lanes
  20 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 3700C and AMD Ryzen 7 3700U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  12 W 12 W
• TDP up
  25 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 3700C and AMD Ryzen 7 3700U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Picasso (Zen+)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB -
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q1/2019
• Socket
  FP5 FP5
• Technology
  12 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM