AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 229.99
$ 269.01 significantly less expensive
$ 499.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8422 points
57% significantly better overall score
5333 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points
13% slightly better gaming score
7406 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points
80% significantly better multitasking score
4663 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
86% significantly better heavy workload score
4507 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8594 points
26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6809 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points
116% significantly higher Blender score
127.97 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9929 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6221 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1667 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1526 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9907 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6107 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1704 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1564 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.70 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

130th of 1,089
308th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3900X is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G. The Ryzen 9 3900X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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