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AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2020
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
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2019-07-07
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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS has a base frequency of 3 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 35 W. Released in Q2/2020.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2019-07-07.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    119 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    35 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    163 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    135 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    122 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    135 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    106 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    145 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    249 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    207 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    120 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    40 place
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    102 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 20% better clock speed

    3.6 GHz left arrow 3 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.4 GHz left arrow 4.3 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    140 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    113 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    109 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    103 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    90 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    123 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    231 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    172 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    31 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    28 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    112 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 4000H left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Laptops / Desktops left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 3
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 4000 Series left arrow Ryzen 3000 Series
CPU Technical specs

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

  • Base Frequency
    3 GHz left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.3 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.3 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    3.9 GHz left arrow 4 GHz
IGPU

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 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    8 left arrow -
  • Generation
    9 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    1750 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Graphics Cores
    8 left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow -
  • Shader
    512 left arrow -
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow PCIe 4.0 x16
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    35 W left arrow 65 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    105 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    35 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP down
    35 W left arrow -
  • TDP up
    54 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Codename
    Renoir left arrow Matisse
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Operating systems
    Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow 2019-07-07
  • Socket
    FP6 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.5 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow 100-100000071BOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    - left arrow 100-100000071MPK
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000071

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

More results: 9

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8328.336332 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING
Duration: 120.072 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1246.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
1294.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

11006.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
12355.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

495.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
501.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

4315.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
4834.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

200.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
204.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

1918.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
2114.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1207.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
1252.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

7842.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8732.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

208.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
160.800000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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