AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

930

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +44%

1342

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

6409

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +89%

12173

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

1039

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +56%

1629

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

4315

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +87%

8104

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

988

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +29%

1275

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

5881

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +42%

8375

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

2197

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +20%

2646

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

13019

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +73%

22611

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

General Parameters

Apr 2017

Release Date

Jul 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Zen 2

AM4

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

36x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

24

PCIe Lanes

16

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