Ryzen 4700S vs Ryzen 7 3700X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 4700S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking513not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.20no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency20.65no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Cardinal (2021)
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)26 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 4700S 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data308 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data100 °C
Number of transistors19,200 million10,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 4700S 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
SocketAM4AMD BGA 2197
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 4700S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 4700S are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 4700S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelunknown Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 4700S.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2019 26 June 2021

Ryzen 4700S has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 4700S. We've got no test results to judge.


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