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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 351 days newer than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 32% better in Rust than Athlon 3000G - 231 vs 175 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 24 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 62% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - £100.0 vs £259.98
- Up to 50% better value when playing Rust than Ryzen 9 5900X - £0.57 vs £1.13 per FPS
- Consumes up to 67% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 35 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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AMD Athlon 3000G Processor with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (2C/4T, 3.5 GHz Base Clock)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Athlon |
| Vermeer | Codename | Picasso |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 2 |
24 | Threads | 4 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 105 W | TDP | 35 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Athlon 3000G
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
185 FPS
£8.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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131 FPS
£12.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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