AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points
5252 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
7216 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
4621 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
4465 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
172.19 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
8481 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
2104 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.50 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.9 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089
317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 2700 vs Ryzen 5 7640U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700 is faster than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7640U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7640U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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