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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X. Specifications, performance, tests

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2019-07-07
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or AMD Ryzen 7 3800X? Which processor is faster?

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

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.

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X has a base frequency of 3.9 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2019-07-07.

Differences

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
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 105 W

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
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    91 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 8% better clock speed

    3.9 GHz left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.5 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 3800X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    132 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    94 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    102 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    98 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    74 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    117 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    217 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    152 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    29 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    34 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    92 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 3
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700X left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 3000 Series left arrow Ryzen 3000 Series
  • Successor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
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
    3.6 GHz left arrow 3.9 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
    4.4 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.4 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4 GHz left arrow 4.2 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.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow None
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
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 3800X and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 x16 left arrow PCIe 4.0 x16
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 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
    65 W left arrow 105 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 105 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Codename
    Matisse 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
  • L1-Cache
    0.5 MB left arrow 0.5 MB
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    100-100000071BOX left arrow 100-100000025BOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    100-100000071MPK left arrow 100-100000025MPK
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000071 left arrow 100-000000025
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / 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
    2019-07-07 left arrow 2019-07-07
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 8

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 3800XResult difference¹
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 173.786966 samples/min Submissions: 19 194.795355 samples/min Submissions: 7 +12.1 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 169.87457 samples/min Submissions: 82 169.388098 samples/min Submissions: 15 -0.3 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 167.274174 samples/min Submissions: 50 170.230916 samples/min Submissions: 13 +1.8 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux 193.02372 samples/min Submissions: 20 194.463543 samples/min Submissions: 8 +0.7 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 164.30955 samples/min Submissions: 63 173.041498 samples/min Submissions: 28 +5.3 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 164.327043 samples/min Submissions: 91 170.89553 samples/min Submissions: 19 +4.0 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 173.575914 samples/min Submissions: 44 177.971304 samples/min Submissions: 9 +2.5 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 175.205341 samples/min Submissions: 120 175.549588 samples/min Submissions: 33 +0.2 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

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 7 3700X

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 7 3800X.

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.

1294.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
1325.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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.

12355.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
12874.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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.

501.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
509.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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.

4834.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
4960.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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.

204.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
209.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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.

2114.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
2165.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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.

1252.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
1271.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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.

8732.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
9065.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Monero Hashrate kH/s
Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed

Higher values are better in this metric.

9.250000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
9.750000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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.

160.800000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
167.600000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

22845.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
24570.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

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