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£365
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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 more expensive Ryzen 7 3800XT on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 121 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 3800XT.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 1% better in Dishonored 2 than Ryzen 7 3800XT - 272 vs 269 FPS
- Up to 30% cheaper than Ryzen 7 3800XT - £256.99 vs £365.0
- Up to 31% better value when playing Dishonored 2 than Ryzen 7 3800XT - £0.94 vs £1.36 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT - 24 vs 16 threads
Dishonored 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT Box without cooler
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Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
272
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.94/FPS
100%
Price, £
£256.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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
Very High
Ryzen 7 3800XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2020
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2020 | 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 |
| 4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
38.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 3800XT or Ryzen 9 5900X
Dishonored 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High
231 FPS
£7.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,620
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166 FPS
£9.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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