AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 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
7% slightly better overall score
5903 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
2% slightly better gaming score
7480 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
5373 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
5224 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
8249 points
36% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
138.57 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6233 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1440 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6388 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1452 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 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
260th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2020 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 9 4900HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3700X beats the Ryzen 9 4900HS in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 4900HS. Also, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 4900HS 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. 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.

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