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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $499
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3500X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 3900X is 79 days older than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
- Up to 67% cheaper than Ryzen 9 3900X - $125.0 vs $375.0
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- Performs up to 2% better in No Man's Sky than Ryzen 5 3500X - 181 vs 178 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3500X - 24 vs 6 threads
No Man's Sky
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD 100-100000158BOX RYZEN 5 3500X 6-Core 3.6 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W Desktop Processor
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core, 24-thread unlocked desktop processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
Single-Core
1555
91.84878913171885%
Multi-Core
5850
58.86496276916885%
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
|---|---|---|
Sep 24th, 2019 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Matisse | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 3500X or Ryzen 9 3900X
No Man's Sky, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
157 FPS
$19.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 3900X
24 GB, N/A Storage
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147 FPS
$18.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,677.08
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127 FPS
$12.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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