AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs Intel Core i5-9500F

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 3900 and Intel Core i5-9500F processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3900

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • 18 more threads: 24 vs 6
  • Around 97627% higher clock speed: 4300 MHz vs 4.40 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 7.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Launch date 24 Sep 2019 vs 23 Apr 2019
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Number of threads 24 vs 6
Maximum frequency 4300 MHz vs 4.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 1.5 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 9 MB

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9500F

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95 °C
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 95 °C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 3900
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-9500F

Name AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Intel Core i5-9500F
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 70.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.924
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.043
PassMark - Single thread mark 2571
PassMark - CPU mark 9923
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Intel Core i5-9500F

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Coffee Lake
Launch date 24 Sep 2019 23 Apr 2019
OPN Tray 100-000000070
Place in performance rating 1442 1434
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $192-202
Processor Number i5-9500F

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3100 MHz 3.00 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 1.5 MB
L3 cache 64 MB 9 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100 °C
Maximum frequency 4300 MHz 4.40 GHz
Number of cores 12 6
Number of threads 24 6
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)