AMD Phenom II X6 1090T vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Phenom II X6 1090T		AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
CPU comparison AMD Phenom II X6 1090T or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Phenom II X6 1090T has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X6 1090T was released in Q2/2010. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X was released in Q3/2019.

AMD Phenom II (52)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
AMD Phenom II - 1000 (7)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)
6	Generation	3
Thuban (K10)	Architecture	Matisse (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Phenom II X6 1090T has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T is 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 CPU cores and 24 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is at 3.80 GHz (4.60 GHz).
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
6	Cores	12
6	Threads	24
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.20 GHz	Frequency	3.80 GHz
3.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.60 GHz
3.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Phenom II X6 1090T or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Phenom II X6 1090T can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	Memory	DDR4-3200
	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	6.00 MB
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	64.00 MB
--	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T is 125 W, while the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X has a TDP of 105 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
125 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	105 W
--	TDP (PL2)	142 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The AMD Phenom II X6 1090T is manufactured in 45 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 70.00 MB cache.
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
45 nm	Technology	7 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
AM3	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2010	Release date	Q3/2019
--	Release price	485 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (43%)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (16%)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	462 (36%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	1300 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	2003 (16%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	12454 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	230 (46%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	502 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	1288 (19%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	6954 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	5710 (17%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	32755 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz	895 (11%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 3.80 GHz	8183 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	103 (48%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	214 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	586 (18%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	3168 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	78 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	1068 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	1302 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	18165 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	1714 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	10689 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	281 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	115.9 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	536 (100%)

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