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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Ryzen 7 3700X

76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9700X against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 7 3700X. 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
83.3
(Good)
Value Index
35.3
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3700X and 9700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
  • Newer - released 4 years and 11 months later
  • 2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3331 vs 1640 points
  • Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 25% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 9700X
vs
Ryzen 7 3700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 760 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4822 -
Cinebench Scores (#90th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +103%
3331
Ryzen 7 3700X
1640
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +109%
17511
Ryzen 7 3700X
8393
File compression 1650 MB/sec 673.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140.9 Klines/sec 77.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 323.7 pages/sec 162.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 501 Mpixels/sec 242 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 351.5 pages/sec 151.6 pages/sec
Background blur 88.2 images/sec 38.1 images/sec
Photo processing 127.3 images/sec 54.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.6 Mpixels/sec 18.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 4 & 550 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +75%
4643
Ryzen 7 3700X
2654
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 9700X +65%
36956
Ryzen 7 3700X
22401
Integer math 119.8 GOps/sec 66.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 78.8 GOps/sec 39 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 190M Primes/sec 97M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46.4M Strings/sec 32.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.7 GBytes/sec 18.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 434.5 MBytes/sec 296.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2214 Frames/sec 1175 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 35.1B Matrices/sec 19.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 9483 & 26391 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 9700X +65%
300.7
Ryzen 7 3700X
181.78

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.2 PPW 10.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 269.4 PPW 129.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 568.6 PPW 344.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.63 PPW 2.8 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 9700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (none)Cinebench 2026705 / 4273
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (NDHK)Cinebench 2026712 / 4879
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-28 (Curry)Cinebench 2024137 / 1147
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2026779 / 5648
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2024136 / 1323
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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-21 (Louis)Cinebench 202473 / 663
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-06 (Azuki_12)Cinebench 202469 / 715
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-31 (@ProfitHound Youtube)Cinebench 202474 / 688
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-04 (Av8orGamer)Cinebench 202476 / 696
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-27 (Nathan/Naskun)Cinebench 202473 / 693
Add View all (7)

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 3700X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) -
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 14700K - Intel Core i7 9700K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (17th and 154th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 3.8 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Die Size 70.6 mmΒ² -
Desktop CPU ranking (34th and 142nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 2 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 9700X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 3700X
n/a
See: Radeon 610M benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 9700X official page AMD Ryzen 7 3700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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