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£259.98
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $399
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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 7% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Ryzen 7 3800XT - 148 vs 138 FPS
- Up to 29% cheaper than Ryzen 7 3800XT - £259.98 vs £365.0
- Up to 33% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Ryzen 7 3800XT - £1.76 vs £2.64 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT - 24 vs 16 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
148
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.76/FPS
100%
Price, £
£259.98
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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AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT Box without cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 7 3800XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 8 |
24 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Ryzen 7 3800XT
Grand Theft Auto V, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
147 FPS
£11.2/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,646.4
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127 FPS
£12.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,593.6
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