AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 1583.00
$ 222.50
$ 1360.50 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6502 points
7604 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7833 points
10588 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6045 points
6642 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5906 points
6422 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.03 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
173.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7993 points
10810 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1652 points
2486 points
50% significantly 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
4.35 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

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

220th of 1,089
160th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Ryzen 5 8600G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8600G performs better than the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8600G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8600G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700. Also, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8600G has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8600G.

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

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