AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jul 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 12 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    143%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    102%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    189%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

None

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 89% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen 2
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameMatisse 2vsZen 2
Release DateJul 2019vsDec 2019

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Cores6vs12
Threads12vs24
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs96K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache32MB (shared)vs64MB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
PackageµOPGA-1331vs
Die Size74mm²vsunknown
Process7 nmvs7 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock4500 MHzvs4600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP95 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    5040 points
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    5152 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    31153 points
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    62307 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    211
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    206

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT (simulated)
    1663.29
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    3159

points - higher is better