AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D, vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D and AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
2190
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
2232
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
38356
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
33042
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
140
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
134
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
2113
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
1740
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
4682
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
54814
Integer Mathn/a181.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a120.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a433 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a72.5 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a33.5 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a686.1 MB/s
Physicsn/a3397 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a554 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
3274
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
3340
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
19227
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
19543
File Compression1650 MB/s1510 MB/s
Clang Compilation186.5 KLines/s191.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser327.7 pages/s361.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering525 MP/sec534 MP/sec
Text Processing350.9 pages/s350.5 pages/s
Background Blur73.3 frames/s82.7 frames/s
Photo Processing118.6 frames/s118.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing41.9 MP/sec45.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
454.53

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 160.2 PPW 162.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 456.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.6 PPW 14.5 PPW
Blender / W n/a 3.79 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 3, 2024
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number 9900X3D n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 12
Threads 24 24
Frequency 4.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.5 GHz 5.6 GHz
General
Cores count1212
Threads count2424
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier43x44x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache128 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 120 W
Max TDP (Boost) 230 W n/a
Socket AM5 AM5
Critical temp. 95 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 DDR5-5600
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 28

Results

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