AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Pentium Gold G5620

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and Intel Pentium Gold G5620 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Security & Reliability, 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 5 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
  • Around 114900% higher clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2706 vs 2461
  • 7.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32620 vs 4272
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 July 2019 vs February 2019
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 12 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4600 MHz vs 4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256K (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB vs 4 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2706 vs 2461
PassMark - CPU mark 32620 vs 4272

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5620

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 51 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold G5620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2706
2461
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
32620
4272
Name AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Intel Pentium Gold G5620
PassMark - Single thread mark 2706 2461
PassMark - CPU mark 32620 4272
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1276
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12037
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8575
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 Intel Pentium Gold G5620

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Coffee Lake
Family Ryzen
Launch date 7 July 2019 February 2019
OPN PIB 100-100000023BOX
OPN Tray 100-000000023
Place in performance rating 1032 1042
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3800 MHz
L2 cache 6 MB 256K (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB 4 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 4600 MHz 4 GHz
Number of cores 12 2
Number of threads 24
Unlocked
64 bit support
L1 cache 64K (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 51 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 4.0
PCIe configurations x16

Graphics

Execution Units 24
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics 630

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)