thelab»AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 9
thesimilarlypriced3900X
and9900K.AMDclearlyhas
theadvantageunderheavily
threadedloadswithits 8 vs
12 cores.Italsoeatsalmost
allofIntel’ssinglethread
leadaswellasitsgaming
advantage.Atthispointit’s
importanttonotethatwhen
theloadshiftsbacktothe
GPUwithhighergraphics
settings,thedifference
betweenallthetop
performingprocessors
essentiallyevaporates.
Whilemultithreaded
performanceisoutstanding,
AMDhasn’tquitereached
performanceparitywith
Inteloverall.Lightly
threadedperformancestill
mattersandifyou’rea
gamer,Intelhasitsnosein
fronttherelargelythanksto
itshighclocks,butnot
necessarilyateveryprice
point. If you’re a contenthigherthanwe’dlikebutwe
wereusingbetapre-release
BIOSsowe’dexpectthose
numbers to improve over
time.COMPELLING.
VERYCOMPELLING
Zen 2 takesallthethingswe
likedaboutZenandZen+and
makesthembetter.
Multithreadedperformance
hasgonefromverygoodto
excellent.Singlethreaded
performancehastakenabig
jumpforwardsandAMD’s
gamingperformanceisas
competitiveasit’sbeensince
theAthlon 64 days.
It’seasytomakethe
argumentthatAMDhas
pulledalongsideIntelin
outrightperformance.
Considerthatthe3900X
goescloseenoughto
matchingthemighty9900K
insinglethreaded
performancewhilstoffering
morecoresandhence
significantlybettermulti-
threadedperformance,all
whileusinglesspower.
TheRyzen 7 3700Xisa
wonderful processor. Itscreatororsomeonewhocan
makeuseofthemulti-
threadedpower,thenAMDis
thebestchoicerightnow.
Don’tforgettheflagship
3950X.Asthehighest
clockingprocessorwiththe
mostcores,it’slikelythat the
bestisyettocome.TEMPERATURESAND
POWERCONSUMPTION
WeusedthebundledWraith
PrismRGBwhichperformed
surprisinglywell.Our3900X
gotabittoastyunder
sustainedallcoreloadbut
maxedoutat80cwhichis
acceptable.The3700Xfared
betterandneverhit75c.
Powerconsumption
figuresareamazingunder
load,withboththe3700X
and3900Xtakingan
efficiencyleaddespite
handicapoftheirextra
cores. Idle power was a bitpowerthrifty,runscool,has
megamultithreadedprowess
combinedwithsingle
threadedperformancethat
bringsittowithintouching
distanceofIntel’shigher
clockedparts.It’sareally
goodall-rounder.
The3900Xisjustas
praiseworthy.Ifyouneedthe
multi-threadedgruntthen
forsureit’saterrific
purchasecomparedtothe
likesofAMD’sown
Threadripperplatformand
Intel’s 12 core$1,750i9
9920X.Inthatlight,the$780
3900Xisanabsolutesteal.
AMDwascompetitivewith
RyzenandRyzen2ndgen,
butwithRyzen3rdgenit’s
comebacktoastateofnear
performanceparity.TheCPU
warsarebackinfullswing.
Intelmightholdontothe
singlethreadedandgaming
crown,butitsleadhas
shrunkdramatically.
Competitionisgoodfor
everyone.Overtoyou Intel.
Chris SzewczykVerdic t
ThenewRyzenCPUsofferterrificvalue
andgoohsoclosetowinninginevery
performance measurement.
3700X3900XAMD RYZEN 73700XANDRYZEN 93900X BENCHMARKRESULTS
CINEGYCINESCORE
VIDEOENCODING CINEBENCH 20 CINEBENCH 20 7ZIP CPUZ
AVC 400 ULTRA 2160P FPS MULTI THREAD SCORE SINGLE THREAD SCORE MILLIONINSTRUCTION
PERSECONDSINGLEANDMULTI
THREADEDSCORE
INTELCOREI7-8700K 52 3478 496 40,562 524.3,3853.7
INTELCOREI9-9900K 69 4987 510 54,330 564.9,5496.0
AMDRYZEN2 2700X 61 4014 437 45,649 480.7,5013.0
AMDRYZEN2 2600X 50 3058 428 37,228 471.1,3718.6
AMDRYZEN7 3700X 68 4820 501 57,532 527.5,5576.3
AMD RYZEN 9 3900X 93 7163 520 82,560 548.3, 8327.6BLENDER2.79 BMW
RENDER TIMESPYPHYSICSMIDDLEEARTH:
SHADOWOFWAR GHOSTRECON:WILDLANDSCOUNTER-STRIKE: GLOBAL
OFFENSIVE
TIME(SECONDS) LOWER
ISBETTERSCORE 1080P, LOW, DX12, AVG FPS 1080P, LOW, AVG FPS 1440PMAXSETTINGS,
AVGFPS
INTELCOREI7-8700K 311.44 7911 215 177.4 319.4
INTELCOREI9-9900K 219.14 11080 220 180.8 337.1
AMDRYZEN2 2700X 264.41 8874 183 167.2 295.3
AMDRYZEN2 2600X 360.49 6494 179 158.7 286.7
AMDRYZEN7 3700X 233.71 9940 203 174.0 326.0
AMD RYZEN 9 3900X 156.83 12154 211 176.3 333.9SYSTEMIDLE POWER (W) SYSTEMLOAD POWER (W)
INTELCOREI7-8700K 53.2 180.7
INTELCOREI9-9900K 74.4 272.5
AMDRYZEN7 3700X 74.4 149.8
AMD RYZEN 9 3900X 84.3 204.1“Powerconsumptionfiguresareamazing
underload,withboththe3700Xand3900X
takinganefficiencylead despite handicap of
their extra cores. ”