AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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

8422 points
83% significantly better overall score
4592 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points
50% significantly better gaming score
5621 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points
97% significantly better multitasking score
4259 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
101% significantly better heavy workload score
4166 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8594 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
8386 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points
85% significantly higher Blender score
149.39 points

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
35% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
35 W
200% significantly lower TDP

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
382nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Ryzen 7 5800HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900X beats the Ryzen 7 5800HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800HS 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 5800HS. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800HS 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 5800HS. 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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