Home > CPU Comparison > Ryzen 7 5700U or Ryzen 7 3700U: what's better?

AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Ryzen 7 3700U

40 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
VS
29 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with 8-cores against the 2.3 GHz Ryzen 7 3700U with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
πŸ”Œ Usage Scenario:

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3700U and 5700U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • 52% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1605 vs 1059 points
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 5700U
vs
Ryzen 7 3700U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 393 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1943 -
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700U +52%
1605
Ryzen 7 3700U
1059
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700U +125%
6562
Ryzen 7 3700U
2921
File compression 504.6 MB/sec 244.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 43.4 Klines/sec 22.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 138 pages/sec 60 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 208.6 Mpixels/sec 95.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 132.7 pages/sec 87.2 pages/sec
Background blur 32.1 images/sec 13.3 images/sec
Photo processing 55.9 images/sec 25.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.2 Mpixels/sec 5.51 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1164 & 671 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700U +31%
2531
Ryzen 7 3700U
1935
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700U +119%
15369
Ryzen 7 3700U
7014
Integer math 58.9 GOps/sec 24.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 32.6 GOps/sec 12.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 29M Primes/sec 16M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.3M Strings/sec 11.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.3 GBytes/sec 6.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 215.9 MBytes/sec 97.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 612 Frames/sec 379 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.4B Matrices/sec 3.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5261 & 1684 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 5700U +171%
120.67
Ryzen 7 3700U
44.6

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19.4 PPW 5.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 262.5 PPW 83.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 614.8 PPW 200.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.83 PPW 1.27 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1519 / 5184
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-30 (Ryan A.)Cinebench 2026393 / 1943
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-30 (Hp Ireland)Cinebench 202473 / 486
Add View all (3)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
No benchmark results yet
Add

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and Ryzen 7 3700U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 12, 2021 January 6, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) Zen+ (Picasso)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 8 Radeon Vega 10
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 1165G7 - Intel Core i7 1065G7
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (158th and 184th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 4
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 18x 23x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 10-25 W (configurable) 12-35 W (configurable)
Socket FP6 FP5
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 8 Radeon Vega 10
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 512 640
TMUs 32 40
ROPs 8 16
Execution Units 8 10
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 5700U +6%
1.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 3700U
1.8 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 10 compared to Vega 8

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266		 - DDR4-2400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 35.76 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 5700U official page AMD Ryzen 7 3700U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 12

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
34 (72.3%)
13 (27.7%)
Total votes: 47

Competitors

1. AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U (1)
2. AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U (9)
3. AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i5 1335U (1)
4. AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i3 1215U (1)
5. AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i5 1235U
6. AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U (1)
7. AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i7 1255U
Compare other CPUs (460+)

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 3700U or Ryzen 7 5700U?
🌐 Register your profile and become part of NanoReview community!
EnglishРусский