AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X 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, 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 9 3900X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 112095% higher clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2707 vs 2257
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32659 vs 16908
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 July 2019 vs September 2018
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Maximum frequency 4600 MHz vs 4.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L2 cache 6 MB vs 4 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2707 vs 2257
PassMark - CPU mark 32659 vs 16908

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2707
2257
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
32659
16908
Name AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2707 2257
PassMark - CPU mark 32659 16908
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1276
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12037
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8594
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 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Family Ryzen AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date 7 July 2019 September 2018
OPN PIB 100-100000023BOX
OPN Tray 100-000000023 YD27BXBAM88AF
Place in performance rating 1006 850
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors

Performance

Base frequency 3800 MHz 3.6 GHz
L2 cache 6 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 64 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Maximum frequency 4600 MHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 12 8
Number of threads 24 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 768 KB
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)