AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Price

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$ 149.99

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$ 199.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points

5158 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points

6248 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points

4785 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points

4674 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3899 points

4136 points

6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points

129.70 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5049 points

5343 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

987 points

1083 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5186 points

5518 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points

1116 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

Identical

768 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

372nd of 1,089

332nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 1700 vs Ryzen 7 2700 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700 beats the Ryzen 7 1700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1700 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 1700. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.