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High core counts have been the name of the game at AMD for years now, and it’s not relenting. The Ryzen 9 3900X is the first Ryzen processor from AMD to include 12 cores, up from the eight cores of the Ryzen 7 2700X from 2018. The core count of this new Ryzen 9 chip is reminiscent of AMD’s Threadripper.

I started in 3DMark Time Spy, where the 3900X takes a small, 3% lead on the Core i9-9900K. It’s not substantial, but it’s not what I expected. That trend continued across the three games tested: Fortnite, Civilization VI, and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Out of the six gameplay scenarios tested (1080p in medium and low graphics setting), the 3900X was ahead in all but one

 Intel’s Core i9-9900K currently sells for $485 on Amazon, with its listed selling price on Intel’s website at $449. That means the 3900X can’t be slightly slower alternative to Intel’s flagship. AMD needs to bring the heat.

After years of effort, AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900X finally robs Intel of its throne

Efficiency isn’t as important on desktop chips as it is with laptops, as there’s no battery life to consider. But heat is an important factor, and the more power a CPU requires, the more heat it outputs. That’s where the somewhat marketing-driven TDP figure comes from.

The 3900X has more cores and threads, while Intel’s chip has the stronger clock speed, especially when it comes to single-threaded workloads. Most games now use a handful of cores, so unless you’re overclocking, you won’t typically see 5GHz frequencies when gaming on a 9900K.

Heavily multithreaded productivity tasks like video transcoding and editing have been more AMD’s wheelhouse for the past couple of years, with its Ryzen and Threadripper chips competing directly and even pulling ahead of Intel’s more expensive options. With the 3000 series, and specifically the 12-core, 24-thread 3900X, AMD has beaten not only Intel’s mainstream chips (the 9900K included) but will even put some of its older Threadripper cousins out to pasture.

 AMD followed up shortly after with the Ryzen 9 3900X. Although AMD had been competitive in productivity apps in its two previous Ryzen generations, the 3900X proved that team red still has the power to go up against Intel.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs. Intel Core i9-9900K | Spec Comparison | Digital Trends

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Simple Questions - December 10, 2020

I bought a 2070 super 2 days ago and like many others was floored by the price to performance of the new RTX 3000 series. Luckily Im able to cancel the order.

Now I am extra cautious about getting my cpu. Im not sure if any real details have been released for the Ryzen 4000 series, but is it worth the wait? Can new cpu’s be the drastically better than a previous series like the gpu’s were?

Planning on a R7 3700x + 3070 build

<div class="md"><p>I bought a 2070 super 2 days ago and like many others was floored by the price to performance of the new RTX 3000 series. Luckily Im able to cancel the order.</p>

<p>Now I am extra cautious about getting my cpu. Im not sure if any real details have been released for the Ryzen 4000 series, but is it worth the wait? Can new cpu’s be the drastically better than a previous series like the gpu’s were?</p>

<p>Planning on a R7 3700x + 3070 build</p>
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Ryzen 7 3700x or wait for Ryzen 4000 series.

The Ryzen 9 3900X runs at 3.8GHz with a boost of 4.6GHz, though that number will fluctuate depending on numerous factors, including PC cooling capacity. That said, pairing the processor up with the included AMD Wraith Prism cooler and aftermarket Cooler Master EVO 212 allowed the CPU to enjoy a reliable boost speed while under load

6GHz, though that number will fluctuate depending on numerous factors, including PC cooling capacity. That said, pairing the processor up with the included AMD Wraith Prism cooler and aftermarket Cooler Master EVO 212 allowed the CPU to enjoy a reliable boost speed while under load. And because the latest generation of Ryzen is more efficient, temperatures barely rose above 70 degrees Celcius (158 Fahrenheit).

 Gaming is where things start to get even, favoring Intel. The Ryzen 9 3900X often fell behind the Intel Core i9-9900K by between 10 to 20 frames per second (FPS) in a variety of Windows 10 games, but it did fare better in the odd game, including Tomb Raider.

AMD really turned it around with the launch of first-gen Ryzen, but it was still behind its Intel counterparts. The company continued to work on Ryzen, further reducing the manufacturing process, improving efficiency and performance, and launching an entirely new model for those seeking multithreaded performance. The new Ryzen 9 3900X promises 12 cores and 24 threads worth of AMD performance.

Our review shows that AMD's Ryzen 9 3900X truly is a beast of a processor

If push came to shove, looking at cheap gaming CPU deals can often be a frustrating experience, as all the best performing processors aren't really, well, cheap. And while this deal here isn't ridiculous, for what you get, we think it really does represent a cheap gaming CPU deal. Right now, you can get the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - the AMD CPU that sits the highest on our list of chips that are the best CPU for gaming - for (basically) it's lowest ever price right now in the US. And the great news is that it's also at a tremendously tempting price in the UK too! (Though not quite it's lowest ever

 Over in the UK, the respective best price deal won't bag you the same Xbox Game Pass, unfortunately, but you can enjoy the processor being under 400 pounds, it being down to a fantastic £399.95 price at Amazon UK. We think it's only been cheaper once, maybe twice, in the UK. Whichever side of the pond you are, this is great news for those looking to put together one of the best gaming PCs

) Cutting to the chase, you can get the 3900X for just $419.99 at Walmart which is a matter of cents off its lowest ever price. (Technically, its one dollar cheaper at Amazon, which is its lowest ever price, but you're looking at a shipping time of up to three weeks there so that's why we're highlighting the Walmart offering.) This deal also gets you 3 months of Xbox Game Pass for PC for FREE

 (Technically, its one dollar cheaper at Amazon, which is its lowest ever price, but you're looking at a shipping time of up to three weeks there so that's why we're highlighting the Walmart offering.) This deal also gets you 3 months of Xbox Game Pass for PC for FREE. Over in the UK, the respective best price deal won't bag you the same Xbox Game Pass, unfortunately, but you can enjoy the processor being under 400 pounds, it being down to a fantastic £399.95 price at Amazon UK

 Right now, you can get the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - the AMD CPU that sits the highest on our list of chips that are the best CPU for gaming - for (basically) it's lowest ever price right now in the US. And the great news is that it's also at a tremendously tempting price in the UK too! (Though not quite it's lowest ever.) Cutting to the chase, you can get the 3900X for just $419.99 at Walmart which is a matter of cents off its lowest ever price

This excellent AMD Ryzen 9 3900X price is an essential upgrade for your gaming PC's CPU

Currently waiting to get out of work to play the game but I'd really like to know how the game has been running for people who have gotten into it.

<div class="md"><p>Currently waiting to get out of work to play the game but I&#39;d really like to know how the game has been running for people who have gotten into it.</p>
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Any chance we can get a Cyberpunk performance thread going?

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 - Reports are generated and presented on userbenchmark.com. - Identify the strongest components in your PC. - See speed test results from other users

 - RAM tests include: single/multi core bandwidth and latency. - SkillBench (space shooter) tests user input accuracy. - Reports are generated and presented on userbenchmark.com

UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 100-100000023BOX

Indeed! I upgraded from a i5-7600K to a Ryzen 9 3900X. You don't know what speed is until you go AMD!

My AMD CPU arrived. Time to upgrade my computer from Intel to AMD, like all the cool kids did!

 For example, the Ryzen 9 3950X offers a peak boost speed of 4.7GHz while the Ryzen 5 3600 is no faster than the Ryzen 5 2600X (in terms of boost frequency) at 4.2GHz. That's a sizeable gap and is much higher than we've seen before and this linear frequency hike is new too - the Ryzen 5 2600X with its 4

2GHz boost frequency was 100MHz faster than the more expensive Ryzen 7 2700 on that metric. Clearly, then, it's a somewhat different product stack this time, one that will need some careful consideration. Those boost frequencies are of course not all-core boost numbers, by the way, but for those that are interested, they sat at around 4GHz all-core for the Ryzen 7 3700X and 4.05GHz for the Ryzen 9 3900X when under our EK WaterBlocks EK-MLC Phoenix 240mm CPU cooler (better/worse cooling can affect the number you get here)

 Today has been highly anticipated, and the reasons for this are two-fold, really, as the company faces two key challenges. Firstly, it it needs to close the gap on Intel, which still often wins in lightly-threaded workloads and game titles. Secondly, Zen 2 represents both a shift in manufacturing process from 12nm to 7nm and a new architecture, and the result is an expectation of significant performance boosts across the board - far higher than we saw with Zen +. Today, we'll be looking at what's gone on behind the scenes with the Zen architecture and also reviewing the Ryzen 9 3900X as well as the Ryzen 7 3700X, with the latter in a separate article

The brilliant news is that the new chips aren't much more expensive in terms of equivalent CPUs either, especially launch prices. Admittedly, the mighty 12-core Ryzen 3900X that we're looking at in this review has no real equivalent in previous generations, but its $499 launch price is the same as the eight-core Ryzen 7 1800X retailed for at launch - not bad for a 50 percent increase in cores/threads. Compared to current pricing for equivalent 2nd Generation Ryzen CPUs, meanwhile, the Ryzen 7 3700X is set to retail for $329, a hefty $120 more than the 8c/16t 65W Ryzen 7 2700 right now but only $30 more than its initial launch price. Under the hood, though, things are very different (something that we'll look into in more detail over the page), and these changes will hopefully go a long way to justifying the price bump

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