Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS vs Ryzen 9 3900X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 3900X
2019
12 cores / 24 threads, 125 Watt
21.11
+43.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS
2023
6 cores / 12 threads, 54 Watt
14.73

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking238452
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation33.34no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 9AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Phoenix (Zen4)
Release date7 July 2019 (4 years ago)5 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499no data
Current price$403 (0.8x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads2412
Base clock speed3.8 GHz4.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)384 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)6 MB
L3 cache64 MB16 MB
Chip lithography7 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 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)no data
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+no data
AVX+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelno data
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon 760M

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 21.11
+43.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 14.73

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 9 3900X 32647
+43.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 22778

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 43% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 9 3900X 1695
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 2285
+34.8%

Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS outperforms Ryzen 9 3900X by 35% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 9 3900X 9936
+5.8%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 9393

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 6% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 9 3900X 6019
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 6888
+14.4%

Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS outperforms Ryzen 9 3900X by 14% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 9 3900X 45539
+15.6%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 39399

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 16% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 9 3900X 14889
+15%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 12948

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 15% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 9 3900X 34
+56.8%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 22

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 57% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 9 3900X 3049
+63.7%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 1863

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 64% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 9 3900X 207
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 249
+20.3%

Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS outperforms Ryzen 9 3900X by 20% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 9 3900X 2.36
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 2.97
+25.8%

Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS outperforms Ryzen 9 3900X by 26% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 9 3900X 10.8
+3.4%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 10.4

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 3% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 9 3900X 7534
+12.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 6717

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 12% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 9 3900X 147
+34.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 110

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 34% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 9 3900X 268
+1.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS 264

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS by 1% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.11 14.73
Recency 7 July 2019 5 January 2023
Physical cores 12 6
Threads 24 12
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 54 Watt

The Ryzen 9 3900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 9 3900X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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