AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 4 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

58% significantly better overall score

4006 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points

23% slightly better gaming score

6204 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points

77% significantly better multitasking score

3328 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points

81% significantly better heavy workload score

3195 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points

126% significantly higher Blender score

79.73 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

2 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

435th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 5 7235HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3700X is faster than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7235HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7235HS that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Also, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7235HS outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3700X thanks to a 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 Ryzen 5 7235HS. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has significantly more 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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.