Ryzen 9 3900X vs Ryzen 9 9955HX

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 9955HX
2025
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
35.86
+76.7%
Ryzen 9 3900X
2019
12 cores / 24 threads, 125 Watt
20.30

Ryzen 9 9955HX outperforms Ryzen 9 3900X by an impressive 77% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking116313
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data20.41
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)AMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiency62.5315.58
DesignerAMDAMD
Manufacturerno dataTSMC
Architecture codenameFire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release date6 January 2025 (less than a year 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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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads3224
Base clock speedno data3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed5.4 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cache1.3 MB96K (per core)
L2 cache16 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache64 MB64 MB
Chip lithographyno data7 nm, 12 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data19,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 Ryzen 9 9955HX and Ryzen 9 3900X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Ryzen 9 3900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)-

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.

Ryzen 9 9955HX 35.86
+76.7%
Ryzen 9 3900X 20.30

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Ryzen 9 9955HX 57522
+76.6%
Ryzen 9 3900X 32571

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 9955HX 22114
+111%
Ryzen 9 3900X 10498

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 9955HX 7230
+36%
Ryzen 9 3900X 5316

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 9955HX 143206
+76.9%
Ryzen 9 3900X 80935

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.86 20.30
Recency 6 January 2025 7 July 2019
Physical cores 16 12
Threads 32 24
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 125 Watt

Ryzen 9 9955HX has a 76.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and 127.3% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 9955HX is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 3900X is a desktop one.

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