AMD Athlon 3000G vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 3000G and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 3000G

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
Launch date 7 Nov 2019 vs 7 July 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
  • 20 more threads: 24 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2707 vs 1986
  • 7.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32665 vs 4488
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 2
Number of threads 24 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 6 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2707 vs 1986
PassMark - CPU mark 32665 vs 4488

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 3000G
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1986
2707
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4488
32665
Name AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
PassMark - Single thread mark 1986 2707
PassMark - CPU mark 4488 32665
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1276
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12037
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 72.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.887
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.686

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Zen 2
Launch date 7 Nov 2019 7 July 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $49
OPN PIB YD3000C6FHBOX 100-100000023BOX
OPN Tray YD3000C6M2OFH 100-000000023
Place in performance rating 1183 1006
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family Ryzen

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3800 MHz
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Number of cores 2 12
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 24
Unlocked
Maximum frequency 4600 MHz

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200

Graphics

Execution Units 3
Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 105 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
Number of USB ports 4
PCI Express revision 3.0 4.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+1x4 x16
Total number of SATA ports 4
USB revision 3.0