AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

6345 points
6405 points
0.95% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
9018 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
153.60 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7982 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
2119 points
26% slightly 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

3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
11% 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

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
227th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 5 8640HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8640HS is faster than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 5 8640HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS.

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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