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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2024-11-07
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
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Q2/2021
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900
AMD Ryzen 9 5900

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D or AMD Ryzen 9 5900? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a base frequency of 4.7 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in 2024-11-07.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 has a base frequency of 3.50 GHz. 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 34% better clock speed

    4.7 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 11% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.2 GHz left arrow 4.70 GHz
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  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    12 left arrow 8
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 120 W

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 AMD Ryzen 9 5900
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 9000 Series left arrow -
  • CPU group
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Generation
    - left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 3900
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    4.7 GHz left arrow 3.5 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 12
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 24
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5.2 GHz left arrow 4.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    - left arrow normal
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    - left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.3 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU Frequency
    2200 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow no iGPU
  • Graphics Cores
    2 left arrow -
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    - left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • JPEG
    - left arrow No
  • VC-1
    - left arrow No
  • VP8
    - left arrow No
  • VP9
    - left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900 and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR5 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • PCIe
    PCIe 5.0 left arrow -
  • ECC
    - left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 128 GB
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 4.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    - left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and AMD Ryzen 9 5900 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    120 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    120 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    - left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and AMD Ryzen 9 5900, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Zen 5 left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Codename
    Granite Ridge AM5 left arrow -
  • I/O die process
    TSMC 6nm FinFET left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 6 MB
  • L3-Cache
    96 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Release date
    2024-11-07 left arrow Q2/2021
  • Socket
    AM5 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 4nm FinFET left arrow 7 nm
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    - left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    - left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • Virtualization
    - left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

More results: 7

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R15 / multi-core 3647 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R15 / single-core 328 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R20 / multi-core 9057 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R20 / single-core 818 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R23 / multi-core 23230 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R23 / single-core 2080 points

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 11922.930179 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / B650E MAX GAMING WIFI
Duration: 83.872 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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