AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 16 more threads: 24 vs 8
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 4.0 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 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
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2692 vs 2295
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31609 vs 8907
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 vs 7 Jul 2019
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 24 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz vs 4.0 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2692 vs 2295
PassMark - CPU mark 31609 vs 8907

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2295
2692
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8907
31609
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
PassMark - Single thread mark 2295 2692
PassMark - CPU mark 8907 31609
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8013

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Zen 2
Family Ryzen 5 Ryzen 9
Launch date 7 Jul 2019 30 Sep 2019
OPN Tray YD3400C6M4MFH 100-000000072
Place in performance rating 958 678
Processor Number 3400GE PRO 3900
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3.1 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 768 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 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4.0 GHz 4.3 GHz
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 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 128 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 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 20
Number of USB ports 4
PCI Express revision 3.0 4.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+1x4 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4
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™)