Ryzen 9 3900X vs Mobile Pentium 4 520
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Mobile Pentium 4 520 by a whopping 13121% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3561 | 368 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 18.33 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Mobile Pentium 4 | AMD Ryzen 9 |
| Power efficiency | 0.07 | 6.26 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Northwood (2002−2004) | Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020) |
| Release date | no data | 7 July 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Mobile Pentium 4 520 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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 768 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 6 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 7 nm, 12 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 19,200 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Mobile Pentium 4 520 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 configuration | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 91 Watt | 105 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile Pentium 4 520 and Ryzen 9 3900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Mobile Pentium 4 520 and Ryzen 9 3900X are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Mobile Pentium 4 520 and Ryzen 9 3900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 51.196 GB/s |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.14 | 18.51 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 12 |
| Threads | 1 | 24 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 91 Watt | 105 Watt |
Mobile Pentium 4 520 has 15.4% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 9 3900X, on the other hand, has a 13121.4% higher aggregate performance score, 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Mobile Pentium 4 520 in performance tests.
Be aware that Mobile Pentium 4 520 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 3900X is a desktop one.
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