AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

65 %
6% slightly better overall score
61 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

79 %
3% slightly better gaming score
76 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

61 %
7% slightly better multitasking score
57 %

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

60 %
7% slightly better heavy workload score
56 %

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9783
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
9563
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.83
5% slightly higher Blender score
191.52
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9081
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7263
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1720
1794
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9081
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7263
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1720
1794
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

99th of 1,240
123rd of 1,240

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

July 2019
January 2021

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Ryzen 9 5900HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3800X beats the Ryzen 9 5900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 7 3800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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