AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i3-9100F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 Intel Core i 9000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i3
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  3 9
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i3-8100
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 3000 Series -
• Successor
  - Intel Core i3-10100F

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

• Base Frequency
  3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  12 4
• CPU Threads
  24 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.7 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.7 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  4.6 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.8 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
  None None

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-9100F and AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-2400
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  20 16
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT and Intel Core i3-9100F 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
  105 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  105 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  142 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT and Intel Core i3-9100F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Coffee Lake S Refresh
• Codename
  Matisse -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  6 MB -
• L3-Cache
  64 MB 6 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000277WOF -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  07/2020 Q2/2019
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1151
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 14 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Not Included -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d