AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

8378 points
2% slightly better overall score
8164 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points
10592 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
7427 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
7270 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

275.17 points
46% significantly higher Blender score
188.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
9.5 MiB
58% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

131st of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900XT beats the Core 7 240H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core 7 240H has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 7 240H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 7 240H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core 7 240H.

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 3900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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