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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900X 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 5900X is 2622 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3420.
Advantages of Pentium G3420
- Up to 77% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - $69.29 vs $294.95
- Up to 63% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Ryzen 9 5900X - $0.75 vs $2.01 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 53 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 60% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Pentium G3420 - 147 vs 92 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 24 vs 2 threads
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
FPS
92
63%
Value, $/FPS
$0.75/FPS
100%
Price, $
$69.29
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Processor G3420 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646G3420
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3420 | vs | Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2013 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Pentium | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Haswell | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 12 |
| 2 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Pentium G3420 or Ryzen 9 5900X
With selected game settings
96 FPS
$34.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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50 FPS
$33.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 500 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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119 FPS
$18.32/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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97 FPS
$31.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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72 FPS
$31.25/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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88 FPS
$18.18/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5900X
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$22.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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88 FPS
$25/FPS
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32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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