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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive 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 more expensive Ryzen 7 3800X.
Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 6% better in Overwatch 2 than Ryzen 7 3800X - 385 vs 362 FPS
- Up to 32% cheaper than Ryzen 7 3800X - £203.99 vs £299.33
- Up to 36% better value when playing Overwatch 2 than Ryzen 7 3800X - £0.53 vs £0.83 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 3800X - 24 vs 16 threads
Overwatch 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
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
385
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.53/FPS
100%
Price, £
£203.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processor
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 7 3800X | vs | 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 |
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