AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 12 Cores and 24 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.7 GHz

Cores: 12 Threads: 24

Typical TDP: 105 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 12 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 64 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2020

CPUmark/$Price: 83.37

Overall Rank:
422nd fastest in multithreading out of 5479 CPUs
898th fastest in single threading out of 5479 CPUs
122nd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $389.99 USD (2025-11-05)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

32513

Single Thread Rating

2742

Samples: 1532*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Integer Math	99,590 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	58,447 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	213 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	48,225 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	28,586 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	451,650 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,766 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	28,523 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,742 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$389.99 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,547
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,362
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,954
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		32,513
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,539
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,110
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,654
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		276.33
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		161.27
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.37
Intel Core i5-12400F		112.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.11
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		83.37
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		2,742
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3106873 - Dec 04 2025		32961
BL3105894 - Dec 04 2025		33342
BL3105154 - Dec 04 2025		33506
BL3081775 - Nov 25 2025		32296
BL3081618 - Nov 25 2025		32032

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		32,513
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		38,954 (+19.8%)
Intel Core i9-10920X @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		25,861 (-20.5%)
Intel Core i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		24,983 (-23.2%)
Intel Core i9-11900KF @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		24,584 (-24.4%)
Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		34,349 (+5.6%)
Intel Core i7-12700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		30,055 (-7.6%)
Intel Core i9-10900KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		22,228 (-31.6%)
Intel Core i9-10850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		21,959 (-32.5%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		45,354 (+39.5%)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		39,963 (+22.9%)
Intel Core i7-13700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		38,196 (+17.5%)
Intel Core i7-13700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		36,221 (+11.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,441
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,798
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,508
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,454
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,445
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,647
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,482
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,416
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT		4,028

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