AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700G

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 229.99
$ 184.99
$ 45.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8422 points
13% slightly better overall score
7430 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points
8722 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
7004 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
6877 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8594 points
28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6694 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points
40% slightly higher Blender score
196.94 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19000 points
37% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
13788 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9929 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
8659 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1667 points
1948 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9907 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8946 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1704 points
2013 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed
3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
Identical
4.6 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
49% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

130th of 1,089
168th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2021 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Ryzen 7 5700G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900X beats the Ryzen 7 5700G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700G 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 5700G. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5700G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5700G. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5700G 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 7 5700G. The Ryzen 9 3900X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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