Ryzen 3 5425U vs Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Ryzen 3 5425U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated998
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data45.17
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)Barcelo-U (Zen 3) (2022)
Release date29 April 2019 (5 years ago)6 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Ryzen 3 5425U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier37no data
L1 cache768 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm7 nm
Die size213 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors4800 Million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Ryzen 3 5425U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketSocket AM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Ryzen 3 5425U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Ryzen 3 5425U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Ryzen 3 5425U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1600 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Ryzen 3 5425U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2016

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 April 2019 6 January 2022
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen 3 5425U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Ryzen 3 5425U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 5425U is a notebook one.


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