AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated:
The AMD Ryzen 9 3900 has 12 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the AMD Ryzen 9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM4 (PGA 1331) socket and was released in Q3/2019. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900 scores 1,234 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 11,432 points.
AMD Ryzen 9 3900

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the AMD Ryzen 9 3900. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900.

Name: AMD Ryzen 9 3900
Family: AMD Ryzen 9
CPU group: AMD Ryzen 3000
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 3
Predecessor: --
Successor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 3900 has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 is 3.10 GHz (4.30 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 12 / 24
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 12x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (12 Cores): --

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.

AI hardware: --
AI specifications: --

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: DDR4-3200
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth: 51.2 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: 4.0 x 20
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 65 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 95 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 3900 is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 64.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: AM4 (PGA 1331)
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 64.00 MB
Architecture: Matisse (Zen 2)
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date: Q3/2019
Release price: 485 $
Part Number: --
Documents: --

Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Screenshots:

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 Ryzen Threadripper 3990X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C 128T @ 4.30 GHz
1284
Intel Core i9-9900 Intel Core i9-9900
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1284
Intel Core i9-10885H Intel Core i9-10885H
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1283
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
1281
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz
1281
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1279
AMD EPYC 7453 AMD EPYC 7453
28C 56T @ 3.45 GHz
1277
Show all Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
16745
Intel Core i7-12700HL Intel Core i7-12700HL
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
16745
Intel Core i5-13490F Intel Core i5-13490F
10C 16T @ 4.20 GHzNot verified
16572
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
16555
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
16555
Intel Core i9-11900KF Intel Core i9-11900KF
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
16211
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
16211
Show all Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) results



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 Ryzen 5 5560U AMD Ryzen 5 5560U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1692
Intel Core i5-1135G7 Intel Core i5-1135G7
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1692
Intel Core i5-1140G7 Intel Core i5-1140G7
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1692
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
1688
Intel Core i9-10885H Intel Core i9-10885H
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1688
Intel Xeon E-2224G Intel Xeon E-2224G
4C 4T @ 4.70 GHz
1688
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
1688
Show all Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Xeon W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
10309
Intel Core i5-1340P Intel Core i5-1340P
12C 16T @ 1.80 GHz
10302
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz
10282
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
10260
AMD EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
10254
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
10211
Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
10210
Show all Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) results



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.

Intel Xeon Gold 6342 Intel Xeon Gold 6342
24C 48T @ 3.50 GHz
1238
Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 Intel Xeon Platinum 8358
32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz
1238
Intel Xeon Gold 6244 Intel Xeon Gold 6244
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1235
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
1234
Intel Xeon Gold 6346 Intel Xeon Gold 6346
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
1233
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1231
Intel Xeon W-2155 Intel Xeon W-2155
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
1230
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Xeon Gold 6246 Intel Xeon Gold 6246
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
11485
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
11465
Intel Xeon Gold 6226 Intel Xeon Gold 6226
12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
11452
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
11432
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
11420
Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4
20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz
11389
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
11370
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i9-10900K Intel Core i9-10900K
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
240
Intel Core i9-10850K Intel Core i9-10850K
10C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
239
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C 12T @ 5.30 GHz
235
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
234
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
234
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz
230
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
225
Show all Blender 3.1 Benchmark results



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.

Intel Core i7-12700 Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
31146
Intel Core i7-12700F Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
31146
Intel Xeon W-2295 Intel Xeon W-2295
18C 36T @ 3.80 GHz
30728
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
30688
Intel Core i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
30640
Intel Xeon Gold 6246R Intel Xeon Gold 6246R
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
30472
Intel Core i9-9960X Intel Core i9-9960X
16C 32T @ 4.10 GHz
30355
Show all Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark results



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.

Intel Core i7-12700KF Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C 20T @ 3.60 GHz
7822
Intel Core i7-12700K Intel Core i7-12700K
12C 20T @ 3.60 GHz
7761
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 AMD Ryzen 9 5900
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
7746
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
7586
Intel Core i7-12700F Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 2.10 GHz
7405
Intel Core i9-10900KF Intel Core i9-10900KF
10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz
7381
Intel Core i9-10900K Intel Core i9-10900K
10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz
7347
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core) results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 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 Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
6926
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
6918
Intel Core i9-9900KS Intel Core i9-9900KS
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
6250
Intel Core i9-9900 Intel Core i9-9900
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
6250
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
6250
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
6250
Intel Core i9-9900T Intel Core i9-9900T
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
5560
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 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.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 Intel Xeon Platinum 8180
28C 56T @ 2.80 GHz
81814
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
28C 56T @ 2.80 GHz
81814
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
22C 44T @ 2.80 GHz
81245
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
77286
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
77236
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
75176
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
74753
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



Benchmarks


Leaderboards

In our leaderboards, we have clearly compiled the best processors for specific categories for you. The leaderboards are always up to date and are regularly updated by us. The best processors are selected according to popularity and speed in benchmarks as well as the price-performance ratio.


Popular comparisons

1. AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
2. AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900
3. AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900
4. AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
5. AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900
6. AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900
7. AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900
8. AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900
9. Intel Core i9-10900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Intel Core i9-10900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900
10. AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Intel Core i7-10875H AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs Intel Core i7-10875H
11. AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 5900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
12. AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Intel Core i7-10750H AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs Intel Core i7-10750H
13. Apple M1 AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Apple M1 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900
14. Intel Core i7-10700 AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Intel Core i7-10700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900
15. AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900


back to index