AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs AMD Ryzen 3 4200G. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000U AMD Ryzen 4000G
• Family
  Ryzen AMD Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  2 3
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 3000 Series -

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 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.5 GHz 4.1 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 6
• Generation
  8 9
• GPU Frequency
  1400 MHz 1700 MHz
• GPU name
  Radeon RX Vega 10 Graphics AMD Radeon 6 Graphics (Renoir)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  10 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2020
• Shader
  640 384
• Technology
  14 nm 7 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 3 4200G and AMD Ryzen 7 3700U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-3200
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  12 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  2400 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 3700U and AMD Ryzen 3 4200G Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  12-35 W -
• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  12 W -
• TDP up
  35 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 3700U and AMD Ryzen 3 4200G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Renoir (Zen 2)
• Codename
  Picasso -
• 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
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 8 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YM3700C4T4MFG -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q3/2020
• Socket
  FP5 FP6
• Technology
  12nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM