AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
For gaming, the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is 3% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 61 59
Cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Top speed 4.6 GHz 4.5 GHz
Rated power 105 W 105 W
Games at recommended 223 220
Released20192019
Processor-heavy games only the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X meets
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X better than the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X for gaming?
Yes — on our gaming index the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X scores 61 and the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 59.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT for the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB for the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X.