AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Launch date	30 Sep 2019 vs 7 July 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Around 106877% higher clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4.3 GHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2705 vs 2649
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32572 vs 31366
Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 8575 vs 7883

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4600 MHz vs 4.3 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2705 vs 2649
PassMark - CPU mark	32572 vs 31366
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	8575 vs 7883

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2649

2705

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

31366

32572

3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score

CPU 1

CPU 2

7883

8575

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
PassMark - Single thread mark	2649	2705
PassMark - CPU mark	31366	32572
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7883	8575
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1276
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		12037
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 PRO 3900	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen 2
Family	Ryzen 9	Ryzen
Launch date	30 Sep 2019	7 July 2019
OPN Tray	100-000000072	100-000000023
Place in performance rating	671	1031
Processor Number	PRO 3900
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
OPN PIB		100-100000023BOX
Performance
Base frequency	3.1 GHz	3800 MHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	6 MB
L3 cache	64 MB	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C
Maximum frequency	4.3 GHz	4600 MHz
Number of cores	12	12
Number of threads	24	24
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCI Express revision	4.0	4.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4	x16
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)