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AMD logo Ryzen 9 3900X
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AMD logo Ryzen 5 2600X

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X logo AMD Ryzen 5 2600X logo
General information Ryzen 9 3900X Ryzen 5 2600X
Launched Q3 2019 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM4 AM4
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Matisse Pinnacle Ridge
Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 5.3 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 8.7 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 0 % 95 W 9.5 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 7 nm 41.7 % 12 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 64 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 12 × 512 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 4 × 16 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 3900X Ryzen 5 2600X
Overall Score 67953 0 % 54904 19.2 %
Future Proof 72 % 0 % 65 % 9.7 %
Benchmark Score 21323 0 % 9087 57.4 %
Single Thread Score 2690.8 0 % 2399.3 10.8 %
Encrypting Data 28709.7 MB/s 0 % 13156.4 MB/s 54.2 %
Compressing Data 439.8 MB/s 0 % 195 MB/s 55.7 %
String objects sorting 48154.6 thousand/s 0 % 23056 thousand/s 52.1 %
Prime numbers generation 213.5 millions/s 0 % 38.2 millions/s 82.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 99231.7 millions/s 0 % 47292.4 millions/s 52.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 58621.6 millions/s 0 % 24433.6 millions/s 58.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 3900X, Ryzen 5 2600X.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 3900X Ryzen 5 2600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.9 FPS 117.3 FPS
High settings 249.5 FPS 187.7 FPS
Medium settings 311.8 FPS 234.6 FPS
Low settings 389.8 FPS 293.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.8 %

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 3900X Ryzen 5 2600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 170.1 FPS 147.1 FPS
High settings 272.1 FPS 235.3 FPS
Medium settings 340.1 FPS 294.1 FPS
Low settings 425.2 FPS 367.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.5 %
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