AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 AMD Ryzen 3000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  3 3
• Predecessor
  -- AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Frequency
  3.80 GHz 3.80 GHz

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 name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  --
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  --
• Shader
  --
• Max. displays
  --
• Generation
  --
• Technology
  --
• Release date
  --

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  105 W 95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  142 W --
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Matisse (Zen 2)
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2019