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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X: Comparison
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 7 9700X separate most on l2 cache: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X at 4 MB, AMD Ryzen 7 9700X at 8 MB, 50% in favour of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X. PCIe Lanes splits them by another 17%, again favouring AMD Ryzen 7 9700X. They match on 14 other specifications, including form factor, core/thread count and tdp. In Blender Cycles (CPU) the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X scores 309 against 174 for the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, a lead of 44%.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | AMD | AMD |
| Product Line | Ryzen 7 | Ryzen |
| Form Factor | Desktop | Desktop |
| Model Number | 3700X | 9700X |
| Codename | Matisse | Granite Ridge |
| Core/Thread Count | 8 Core / 16 Thread | 8 Core / 16 Thread |
| TDP | 65 W | 65 W |
| iGPU | None (CPU only) | AMD Radeon Graphics (2 cores) |
| Market Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Cache | 32MB L3 + 4MB L2 + 512KB L1 | 32MB L3 + 8MB L2 + 640KB L1 |
| Socket | AM4 | AM5 |
| Boost/Base Clock | 4.4 GHz / 3.6 GHz | 5.5 GHz / 3.8 GHz |
| Socket Status | End of Life | Current |
| Process Node | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Performance Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Efficiency Cores | 0 | 0 |
| SMT Enabled | true | true |
| P-Core Base Clock | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| P-Core Boost Clock | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| Unlocked Multiplier | true | true |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB-50% | 8 MB |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 32 MB |
| Base Power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Max Turbo Power | 88 | 88 |
| Memory Type | DDR4 | DDR5 |
| Max Memory Speed | 3200 | 5600 |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max Memory Capacity | 128 | 256 |
| ECC Support | false | true |
| Integrated Graphics | No | Yes |
| PCIe Generation | 4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | 20-17% | 24 |
| Launch MSRP | 329 | 359 |
| Retail Availability | Retail | Boxed Retail |
| Series | Ryzen 7 | Ryzen 7 |
| CPU Process Node | 7 Nanometers (TSMC) | 4 Nanometers (TSMC) |
| Architecture | Zen 2, Ryzen 3000 Series | Zen 5, Ryzen 9000 Series |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Threads | 16 | 16 |
Benchmarks
Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.
Blender Cycles (CPU)
Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.
Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every core at once. The score measures sustained multi-core throughput, so a chip that wins here can still lose at gaming, where one or two fast cores matter more. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that chip on the same Blender version.