AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs Intel Pentium G3240T

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 3900 and Intel Pentium G3240T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3900

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
  • 22 more threads: 24 vs 2
  • Around 43% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 66.4°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 32 GB
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 12 vs 2
Number of threads 24 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 66.4°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 32 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3240T

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

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 3900
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3240T

Name AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Intel Pentium G3240T
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 1473
PassMark - CPU mark 1630
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2720
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4575

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Intel Pentium G3240T

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Haswell
Launch date 24 Sep 2019 Q2'14
OPN Tray 100-000000070
Place in performance rating 1372 1100
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number G3240T
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3100 MHz 2.70 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 6 MB
L3 cache 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 66.4°C
Maximum frequency 4300 MHz
Number of cores 12 2
Number of threads 24 2
Unlocked
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333 @ 1.5V

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013A

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4 Up to 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 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)

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)