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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3420 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3420 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900 is 3422 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3420.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Performs up to 29% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Pentium G3420 - 155 vs 120 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 24 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Up to 94% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900 - $21.1 vs $369.0
- Up to 92% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Ryzen 9 7900 - $0.18 vs $2.38 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900 - 53 vs 65 Watts
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
FPS
120
77%
Value, $/FPS
$0.18/FPS
100%
Price, $
$21.1
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium G3420 3.2 GHz Used Dual-Core CPU Processor 3M 53W LGA 1150
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 | vs | Intel Pentium G3420 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 14th, 2023 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Pentium |
| Raphael | Codename | Haswell |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 2 |
24 | Threads | 2 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 7900 or Pentium G3420
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
54 FPS
$43.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$2,359
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54 FPS
$45.17/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$2,439
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54 FPS
$33.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,809
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127 FPS
$25.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$3,249
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