Duron 900 vs Ryzen 7 3800X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 3800X and Duron 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking473not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.24no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Duron
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)K7 (2000−2004)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)20 August 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3800X and Duron 900 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads161
Base clock speed3.9 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz0.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data200 MT/s
Multiplierno data9
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)64 KB
L3 cache32 MBno data
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data105.68 mm2
Number of transistors19,200 million25 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3800X and Duron 900 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Duron 900. 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 Ryzen 7 3800X and Duron 900 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Duron 900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelno data
Maximum memory size128 GB4 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 20 August 2001
Physical cores 8 1
Threads 16 1
Chip lithography 7 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 25 Watt

Ryzen 7 3800X has an age advantage of 17 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process.

Duron 900, on the other hand, has 320% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3800X and Duron 900. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 3800X and Duron 900, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Ryzen 7 3800X
AMD Duron 900
Duron 900

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


4.5 1704 votes

Rate Ryzen 7 3800X on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

No user ratings yet.

Rate Duron 900 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Ryzen 7 3800X or Duron 900, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.