Ryzen 9 3900X vs Ryzen 7 2700X specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900X beats the Ryzen 7 2700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700X in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 2700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700X. 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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