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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 3900X is 555 days older than Ryzen 5 5500U.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
- Consumes up to 86% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 15 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 3900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- Performs up to 3% better in Death Stranding than Ryzen 5 5500U - 230 vs 224 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - 24 vs 12 threads
Death Stranding
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
230
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.72/FPS
100%
Price, $
$395
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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
Very High
Ryzen 5 5500U
Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021
Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
|---|---|---|
Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Lucienne | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket FP6 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
15 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
Radeon Graphics 448SP | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 5500U or Ryzen 9 3900X
Death Stranding, 1920 x 1080, Very High
155 FPS
$9.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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167 FPS
$17.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 3900X
24 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,999.99
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155 FPS
$17.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,692.52
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132 FPS
$13.64/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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