AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD 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

8378 points
3% slightly better overall score
8128 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points
9840 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
7607 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
7454 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8585 points
9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7822 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

275.17 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
213.16 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

3.8 GHz
3.80 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

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

131st of 1,089
145th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Ryzen 7 8845H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900XT beats the Ryzen 7 8845H in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8845H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8845H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8845H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8845H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 3900XT. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8845H has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 8845H.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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