Ryzen 9 3900X vs Celeron 2.8 GHz

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2.8 GHz and Ryzen 9 3900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated269
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data20.87
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiencyno data15.55
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron 2.8 GHz and Ryzen 9 3900X 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 cores1 (Single-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speedno data3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data64 MB
Chip lithography130 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data19,200 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2.8 GHz and Ryzen 9 3900X 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)52.8 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2.8 GHz and Ryzen 9 3900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2.8 GHz and Ryzen 9 3900X are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2.8 GHz and Ryzen 9 3900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 12
Threads 1 24
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 52 Watt 125 Watt

Celeron 2.8 GHz has 140.4% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 3900X, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 2.8 GHz and Ryzen 9 3900X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 2.8 GHz is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 3900X is a desktop one.


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