AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

6345 points
8164 points
28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
10592 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
7427 points
25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
7270 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
188.37 points
4% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.2 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
9.5 MiB
137% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core 7 240H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3700X beats the Core 7 240H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 240H has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 7 240H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core 7 240H.

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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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