AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i5 8259U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2019
Apr 2018
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Processor Number
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i5-8259U
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
BGA-1528
Power Consumption
105 W
28 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
4
Performance Core Threads
24
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
Total Core Count
12
4
Total Thread Count
24
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
38x
23x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size
128 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
16
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1050 MHz
Shader Units
—
384
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
—
6
Execution Units
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48
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Max Resolution
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4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,306
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Cinebench R23
18,454
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Geekbench 6
1,842
1,220
Geekbench 5
1,319
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Geekbench 6
11,715
4,337
Geekbench 5
11,991
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Cinebench 2024
78
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Cinebench 2024
1,068
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Passmark CPU
2,683
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Passmark CPU
32,531
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.