Pentium Gold 4417U vs Ryzen 9 3900X

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 3900X
2019
12 cores / 24 threads, 125 Watt
20.53
+906%
Pentium Gold 4417U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.04

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by a whopping 906% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2691898
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.91no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 9Intel Kaby Lake Refresh
Power efficiency15.5412.87
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Kaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)15 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads244
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cache96K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache64 MB2 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s34.1 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel HD Graphics 610
Max video memory-32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency-950 MHz
Execution Units-12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Pentium Gold 4417U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Ryzen 9 3900X 20.53
+906%
Pentium Gold 4417U 2.04

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 9 3900X 32617
+907%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3240

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 9 3900X 1710
+304%
Pentium Gold 4417U 423

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 9 3900X 9947
+1025%
Pentium Gold 4417U 884

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 9 3900X 6019
+68.6%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3570

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 9 3900X 45539
+468%
Pentium Gold 4417U 8012

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 9 3900X 14889
+365%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3204

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 9 3900X 2.69
+686%
Pentium Gold 4417U 21.15

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 9 3900X 34
+1218%
Pentium Gold 4417U 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 9 3900X 3049
+1237%
Pentium Gold 4417U 228

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 3900X 207
+133%
Pentium Gold 4417U 89

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 3900X 2.36
+119%
Pentium Gold 4417U 1.08

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 9 3900X 10.8
+668%
Pentium Gold 4417U 1.4

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 9 3900X 147
+846%
Pentium Gold 4417U 16

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 9 3900X 268
+230%
Pentium Gold 4417U 81

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 9 3900X 7534
+320%
Pentium Gold 4417U 1792

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.53 2.04
Recency 7 July 2019 15 February 2019
Physical cores 12 2
Threads 24 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 9 3900X has a 906.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold 4417U, on the other hand, has 733.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 3900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 4417U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 9 3900X is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 4417U is a notebook one.


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