AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 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

6502 points
1% slightly better overall score
6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7833 points
9018 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6045 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5906 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.03 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
153.60 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7993 points
0.14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7982 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1652 points
2119 points
28% 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

220th of 1,089
227th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Ryzen 5 8640HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8640HS beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 in overall performance. 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 8640HS. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 8640HS.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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