AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 5600X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3361 vs 2681
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Nov 2020 vs 30 Sep 2019
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3361 vs 2681

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • 12 more threads: 24 vs 12
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31616 vs 21888
  • Around 40% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 7891 vs 5636
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Number of threads 24 vs 12
L1 cache 768 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 3 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 31616 vs 21888
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7891 vs 5636

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3361
2681
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
21888
31616
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
5636
7891
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
PassMark - Single thread mark 3361 2681
PassMark - CPU mark 21888 31616
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5636 7891

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen 2
Launch date 5 Nov 2020 30 Sep 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $299
OPN PIB 100-100000065BOX
OPN Tray 100-000000065 100-000000072
Place in performance rating 671 655
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family Ryzen 9
Processor Number PRO 3900

Performance

Base frequency 3.7 GHz 3.1 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 4.3 GHz
Number of cores 6 12
Number of threads 12 24
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 4.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
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™)