AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 2300X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT with 12 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1201

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +46%

1763

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3337

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +230%

11025

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1035

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +26%

1311

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3439

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +257%

12279

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

2364

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +17%

2769

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

7577

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +333%

32856

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Jul 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Zen 2 (Matisse)

AM4

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

AM4

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

105 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

12

4

Performance Core Threads

24

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

4

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

38x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

24

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