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£72
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $149
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3400G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 487 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
- Up to 70% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - £72.0 vs £239.99
- Up to 68% better value when playing Fortnite than Ryzen 9 5900X - £0.32 vs £1.01 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 7% better in Fortnite than Ryzen 5 3400G - 237 vs 222 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3400G - 24 vs 8 threads
Fortnite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Processor (4C/8T, 6 MB cache, 4.2 GHz Max Boost) with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Picasso | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 12 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
Radeon RX Vega 11 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 3400G or Ryzen 9 5900X
Fortnite, 1920 x 1080, Epic
209 FPS
£7.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,620
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156 FPS
£10.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,592.4
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