Ryzen 9 5900H vs Athlon 3000G

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 5900H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1667	579
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.27	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	7.63	27.21
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Cezanne U (Zen 3) (2021−2022)
Release date	7 November 2019 (5 years ago)	7 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 5900H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.6 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	35	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2?	no data
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 5900H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	AM4	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 5900H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 5900H are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 5900H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB?	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 5900H.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	6	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.93	13.43
Integrated graphics card	2.98	9.03
Recency	7 November 2019	7 January 2021
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

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