amd ryzen 9 3900xt vs amd ryzen 7 5800x

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT (Desktop) 12-cores against AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (Desktop) 8-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
  • Newer released 2020 years later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Newer released 0 years later

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1608
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
18432
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3509
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
33182
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1628
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
12360

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 3900xt and ryzen 7 5800x

General

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Vendor AMD AMD
Released June 16 2020 October 8 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Matisse 2 Vermeer
Socket AM4 AM4
Integrated GPU - -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Base Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 64 MB 32 MB
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Fabrication process 7 nm, 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W 105 W

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 51.196 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Integrated Graphics - -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT?