AMD Ryzen 7 3800X: specs and benchmarks

Summary
AMD started AMD Ryzen 7 3800X sales 7 July 2019 at a recommended price of $399. This is Matisse architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4500 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 105 Watt. It supports DDR4 Dual-channel memory.
It provides good benchmark performance at 26.34 percent of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX.
General info
Of Ryzen 7 3800X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Technical specs
Ryzen 7 3800X's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Ryzen 7 3800X's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 3800X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3800X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3800X are enumerated here.
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3800X.
Graphics specifications
General parameters of GPU integrated into Ryzen 7 3800X.
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Ryzen 7 3800X. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
Passmark
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Ryzen 7 3800X is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Ryzen 7 3800X performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Ryzen 7 3800X from Intel is Core i9-7920X, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.