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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	251 EFps	Slightly Better CSGO EFps. +8%	233 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	99 EFps		105 EFps	Slightly Better GTAV EFps. +6%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	131 EFps	+1%	130 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	113 EFps		124 EFps	Slightly Better PUBG EFps. +10%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	128 EFps		141 EFps	Better Fortnite EFps. +10%

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Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 69% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 242^nd / 1442

Gaming 80%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser

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Best Bench: 97% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 80% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 80% Great: 97%

SPEED RANK: 154^th / 1442

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 101%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		79.7 %			87.9 %	Faster effective speed. +10%


05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review	MetroEx 3%	5 %	FarC5 11%, BFV 10%, SotTR 0%, Rage2 1%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 20%, ACO 2%, Sekiro 4%, Wolf2 0%
21 May20\|Optimum Tech Intel i5-10600K Review - 6-core Ga...	CSGO 6%	6 %	FarC5 9%, OverW 3%, SotTR 11%, RDR2 0%, StarWJFO 17%, R6S 7%
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...		6 %^OC	SotTR 6%^OC
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	F119 0%	6 %	Hitm2 9%, SotTR 8%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	77.3 Pts	+3%	75 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	137 Pts		139 Pts	+1%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	257 Pts		275 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +7%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	443 Pts		539 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +22%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	662 Pts		1030 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +56%


Memory OC Memory Latency	87.6 Pts	87.9 Pts	+0%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	147 Pts	148 Pts	+1%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	289 Pts	295 Pts	+2%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	500 Pts	577 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +15%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	748 Pts	1128 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +51%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %		0.19 %	Hugely higher market share. +850%
Value Value For Money	94.4 %	Better value. +18%	79.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	70 %		73 %	+4%
Price Price (score)	$150	Much cheaper. +62%	$395


Age Newest	47 Months	More recent. +18%	57 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +38%	105 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		12 cores	Hugely higher core count. +200%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		24 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +200%
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm		7 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.8 GHz		3.8 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.3 GHz		4.6 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +7%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	753 Pts		2224 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +195%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	677 Pts		2036 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +201%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen2	Zen2
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The 3300X is a 4-core Ryzen CPU. Priced at just $120 USD, it offers far better value to gamers than all the previous Ryzen CPUs. This is great news for potential buyers, but bad luck for gamers that recently spent nearly three times more on the 8-core 3700X. The reduction from eight to four cores results in more efficient caching and higher boost clocks. AMD’s marketing has abruptly broken from the firmly established “moar cores” mantra to a conveniently realistic: four cores are actually okay. Shifting goalposts this quickly reveals an unhealthy focus on first time buyers and a brazen disregard for existing customers. Sales tactics aside, unfortunately the 3300X remains constrained by architectural latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Comparing an overclocked 3300X pegged at 4425 MHz to a stock Intel Core i3-10100 running at 4100 MHz shows that the i3-10100 delivers better gaming performance in four out of five games. The 10100 also includes an iGPU with QuickSync hardware encoding. Since additional cores make little difference to gamers, there are no significant upgrades beyond the 3300X in the Ryzen product stack. In order to achieve better gaming performance, it is necessary to upgrade to a higher tier Intel CPU. Despite the barrage of anonymous hearsay pushed on social media, users will be hard pressed to find actual use cases that favor the 3300X over the i3-10100, especially when the 10100 is not handicapped by 2666 MHz RAM. Gamers are bottlenecked by the Ryzen architecture and desktop users need integrated graphics. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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Early Q3 of 2019 welcomes the Ryzen 9 3900X, AMD’s current top of the range, third generation Ryzen flagship which raises the bar for 64-core processing on desktop CPUs. This is AMD’s first Ryzen 9 processor and it is a 12-core, 24-thread CPU based on their latest 7nm Zen 2 microarchitecture. The 3900X has a boost/base clock of 3.8/4.6 GHz, 64 MB of L3 cache (double the L3 on the rest of 3000 series), support for 3200 MHz DDR4 system memory and a TDP of 105W. All this, plus a Wraith Prism cooler, at a very reasonable launch price of $499 USD. By comparison, Intel’s 8-core, 16 thread i9-9900K is available for $479 USD (and requires a cooler: $30+ USD). Benchmarks illustrate that the overclocked 3900X leads by a whopping 41% for 64-core processing but that the 9900K maintains a 10% lead for gaming, desktop and other sub octa-core tasks. The 3900 memory controller is significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations and shows a better write throughput than the lower spec 3000 models, but it still shows relatively high latency which adversely impacts gaming. In terms of 64-core performance at this price point, there is no threat from Intel. The only real competitor is the upcoming (Q4, 2019) 16-core, 32-thread 3950X ($749 USD). The Ryzen 9 3900X is compatible with the new PCIe 4.0 enabled X570 motherboard via an AM4 socket, as well as 400 and 300 series motherboards. ^{[Jul '19 CPUPro]}

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