Ryzen 5 7500F vs Ryzen 7 3700X — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Ryzen 5 7500F is ahead of the Ryzen 7 3700X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 35% to 60%, including 35% in Cinebench R23 single (1,816 vs 1,345).
Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 7500F and the Ryzen 7 3700X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
Ryzen 7 3700X
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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 7500F | Ryzen 7 3700X |
|---|---|---|
| cores | 6 | 8 |
| threads | 12 | 16 |
| base clock ghz | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| boost clock ghz | — | 4.4 |
| tdp w | 65 | 65 |
| l3 cache mb | — | 32 |
| process nm | — | 7 |
| socket | — | 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, PurePC, Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, RankBench, GadgetVersus, MaxMyBuild, ITmedia PC USER, HWBOT, PassMark, technical.city, Geekbench Browser, Wccftech and TechSpot; 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 7500F | 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 2024 multi (higher is better) Source: PurePC |
846 points | — |
| Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better) Source: PurePC |
108 points | — |
| Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, RankBench, GadgetVersus, MaxMyBuild, ITmedia PC USER |
14,118 pts | 12,195 points |
| Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, RankBench, HWBOT, GadgetVersus, MaxMyBuild, ITmedia PC USER |
1,816 pts | 1,345 points |
| Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: PassMark, technical.city, Geekbench Browser, Wccftech |
13,323 pts | 9,145 points |
| Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: PassMark, technical.city, Geekbench Browser, Wccftech |
2,782 pts | 1,740 points |
| PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: TechSpot, PassMark |
15,535 pts | 22,401 points |
| PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
3,825 points | — |
| PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
3,824 points | 2,654 points |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
Ryzen 7 3700X
No verified AI inference results on file. See the Ryzen 7 3700X benchmark page →
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 7500F or the Ryzen 7 3700X?
The Ryzen 5 7500F is ahead of the Ryzen 7 3700X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 35% to 60%, including 35% in Cinebench R23 single (1,816 vs 1,345).
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