AMD Ryzen 2700X or 2700: What are the differences?

Modern CPUs are developed in different versions. The differences are initially apparent only in the price, but not necessarily in the technical details. This is also the case with the differences between AMD Ryzen 2700X and 2700.

The 2700 series is the crowning achievement of AMD's 2000 family.

With the Ryzen processors, AMD attacks the big competitor Intel. Buyers have several options here.

Ryzen 2700X or 2700: The clock makes the difference

The price difference between the Ryzen 2700 and the Ryzen 2700X is not particularly large: The most important difference is found in the clocking of the cores:

• The Ryzen 2700X has a base clock of 3.7 GHz.
• On the other hand, the Ryzen 2700 clocks at 3.2 MHz.

Apart from that, both CPUs are built on the same architecture with eight cores. The required socket is called AM4, and both processors can be overclocked. For this, it is important that an appropriate cooling is installed - the boxed cooling is namely not enough. After all, good coolers are not particularly expensive and even high-quality solutions are affordable. The investment should therefore be obligatory in terms of CPU health.Even with more current models of CPUs, an additional letter usually indicates that the versions are clocked differently. Der Aufpreis lohnt sich oftmals für Nutzer, die Ihren Prozessor übertakten wollen.