AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 198.00
$ 185.00
$ 13.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points
75% significantly better overall score
3620 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
32% slightly better gaming score
5762 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
98% significantly better multitasking score
2983 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
101% significantly better heavy workload score
2864 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
74% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3473 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
111% significantly higher Blender score
85.21 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5070 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1524 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5174 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1596 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
4.2 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
471st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i7-7700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3700X is faster than the Core i7-7700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-7700K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-7700K. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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