AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE 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, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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 Ryzen 5 3400GE

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 16 more threads: 24 vs 8
  • Around 114900% higher clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4.0 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 3x 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 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2706 vs 2295
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32620 vs 8907
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 24 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4600 MHz vs 4.0 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L2 cache 6 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2706 vs 2295
PassMark - CPU mark 32620 vs 8907

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2295
2706
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8907
32620
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2295 2706
PassMark - CPU mark 8907 32620
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1276
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12037
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8575
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 Ryzen 5 3400GE AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Zen 2
Family Ryzen 5 Ryzen
Launch date 7 Jul 2019 7 July 2019
OPN Tray YD3400C6M4MFH 100-000000023
Place in performance rating 1049 1032
Processor Number 3400GE
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN PIB 100-100000023BOX

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3800 MHz
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4.0 GHz 4600 MHz
Number of cores 4 12
Number of threads 8 24
Transistor count 4940 million
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 43.71 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR4-3200

Graphics

Execution Units 11
Graphics max frequency 1300 MHz
Number of pipelines 704
Processor graphics Radeon RX Vega 11

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 25 Watt
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

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)