Ryzen 9 3900X vs Pentium 4 HT 516

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 HT 516 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 data20.57
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiencyno data18.51
Architecture codenamePrescott (2001−2005)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release dateJanuary 2001 (23 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

Pentium 4 HT 516 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)
Threads224
Base clock speedno data3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.93 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cache16 KB768 KB
L2 cache1 MB6 MB
L3 cache0 KB64 MB
Chip lithography90 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size109 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors125 million19,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 HT 516 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
Socket775AM4
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 HT 516 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 Pentium 4 HT 516 and Ryzen 9 3900X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 HT 516 and Ryzen 9 3900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 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 2 24
Chip lithography 90 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 105 Watt

Pentium 4 HT 516 has 25% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 3900X, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

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