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Will It Run?
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Smart Wizard
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Compare complete builds side by side.
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About This Product
The AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT is a 12-core, 24-thread desktop CPU built on the Zen 2 architecture. It offers strong multi-threaded performance suitable for content creation, video editing, and demanding productivity tasks. While capable for gaming, its per-core performance is generally surpassed by newer generations and Intel alternatives in its current price range for high refresh rate gaming.
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
176.3 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
119.4 pts/$
Gaming Performance
These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.
Reference GPU
Void Crew
Mixed player settings
93 FPS
Smooth
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