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General information Ryzen 9 3900 Core i7-8700K
Launched Q4 2019 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Matisse Coffee Lake
Clock 3.1 GHz 16.2 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 8.5 % 4.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 50 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 4 × 16 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 3900 Core i7-8700K
Overall Score 66826 0 % 54512 18.4 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 62 % 15.1 %
Benchmark Score 19943 0 % 8830 55.7 %
Single Thread Score 2603.3 4 % 2711.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 26991.3 MB/s 0 % 4808.4 MB/s 82.2 %
Compressing Data 409.2 MB/s 0 % 193.7 MB/s 52.7 %
String objects sorting 45291.2 thousand/s 0 % 25748 thousand/s 43.2 %
Prime numbers generation 204.8 millions/s 0 % 38.9 millions/s 81 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 98131.9 millions/s 0 % 46312.6 millions/s 52.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 57428.5 millions/s 0 % 28658.6 millions/s 50.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 3900, Core i7-8700K.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 3900 Core i7-8700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.1 FPS 116.6 FPS
High settings 245.0 FPS 186.5 FPS
Medium settings 306.3 FPS 233.2 FPS
Low settings 382.8 FPS 291.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.9 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 9 3900 Core i7-8700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.1 FPS 146.5 FPS
High settings 269.0 FPS 234.3 FPS
Medium settings 336.3 FPS 292.9 FPS
Low settings 420.3 FPS 366.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.9 %
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