AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / unknown
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 12 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    118%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    104%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    142%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

None

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 42% 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 7 3800XTAMD 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 7 3800XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen 2
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameMatissevsZen 2
Release DateunknownvsDec 2019

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Cores8vs12
Threads16vs24
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs96K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs64MB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
PackageµOPGA-1331vs
Die Size74mm²vsunknown
Process7 nmvs7 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs4600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP105 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    5264 points
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    5152 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    41538 points
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    62307 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    216
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    206

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT (simulated)
    2217.72
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    3159

points - higher is better