AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and AMD Ryzen 9 3800X 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

• Around 97772% higher clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4.7 GHz
• 2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 125 Watt
• Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32659 vs 23174

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
• 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
• 8 more threads: 32 vs 24
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2707 2718
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	32659 23174

Compare specifications (specs)