AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3720QM

Price

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$ 1963.00

$ 99.95

$ 1863.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2551 points

20% slightly better overall score

2112 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4199 points

20% slightly better gaming score

3499 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

1701 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1989 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

1632 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.48 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

42.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2494 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2033 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

867 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

602 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2670 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1978 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

916 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

586 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

2.6 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

615th of 1,089

703rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 3700U vs Core i7-3720QM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3700U is faster than the Core i7-3720QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3720QM 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 Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 3700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3720QM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.