Ryzen 5 3550H vs Ryzen 7 3700X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 3700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3550H on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 33% to 223%, including 210% in Cinebench R23 multi (12,195 vs 3,930).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3550H and the Ryzen 7 3700X. Both released in 2019. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD

Ryzen 5 3550H

4 cores35W TDP2019

Full Ryzen 5 3550H benchmarks →

AMD

Ryzen 7 3700X

8 cores65W TDP$329 MSRP2019

Full Ryzen 7 3700X benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 3550H	Ryzen 7 3700X
cores	4	8
threads	8	16
base clock ghz	2.1	3.6
boost clock ghz	3.7	4.4
tdp w	35	65
l3 cache mb	4	32
process nm	12	7
socket	AMD Socket FP5	AMD Socket AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Gamers Nexus, CGDirector, Notebookcheck, technical.city, Geekbench Browser and PassMark Software; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 3550H	Ryzen 7 3700X
7-Zip Compression (higher is better) Source: Gamers Nexus	—	78,000 MIPS
Adobe Photoshop (Puget) (higher is better) Source: Gamers Nexus	—	7,000 points
Adobe Premiere (Puget) (higher is better) Source: Gamers Nexus	—	6,613 points
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, Notebookcheck	3,930 points	12,195 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, Notebookcheck	886 points	1,345 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: technical.city, Geekbench Browser	2,832 points	9,145 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: technical.city, Geekbench Browser	940 points	1,740 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	7,627 points	22,401 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	—	2,654 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	2,000 points	2,654 points
PassMark single-thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	—	2,654 points

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3550H or the Ryzen 7 3700X?

The Ryzen 7 3700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3550H on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 33% to 223%, including 210% in Cinebench R23 multi (12,195 vs 3,930).