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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 7 3800X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 487 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 7 3800X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
- Up to 17% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - £215.0 vs £259.98
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 37% better in League of Legends than Ryzen 7 3800X - 298 vs 217 FPS
- Up to 12% better value when playing League of Legends than Ryzen 7 3800X - £0.87 vs £0.99 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 3800X - 24 vs 16 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Processor (8C/16T, 36 MB Cache, 4.5 GHz Max Boost)
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Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
298
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.87/FPS
100%
Price, £
£259.98
82%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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Updated 6071 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Matisse | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
3.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
39.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 3800X or Ryzen 9 5900X
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
291 FPS
£5.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,646.4
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283 FPS
£5.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,593.6
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195 FPS
£6.46/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Ryzen 7 3800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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£1,259
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