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AMD100-100000025BOX
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6 Cores, 12 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

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8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.9GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q3 2019.

Effective Speed 
+3%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 171,440 user samples
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30,318 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 95% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 74% Great: 95%
SPEED RANK: 204th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
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141,122 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 96% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 78% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Poor: 78% Great: 96%
SPEED RANK: 180th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		84.8 % 87 % +3%
External Data: 1080p 
+0%
10 Mar21|HardwareLUXX
Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S... 		BFV 2% 0 % SotTR 0%, MetroEx 2%, Divis2 0%
Average Score 
+4%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		77.4 Pts +1% 76.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		140 Pts 141 Pts +1%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		272 Pts 276 Pts +1%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		495 Pts 524 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+6%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		821 Pts 922 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+12%
Overclocked Score 
+3%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		88.1 Pts 88.8 Pts +1%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		150 Pts +1% 148 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		296 Pts +1% 293 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		563 Pts 572 Pts +2%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		905 Pts 1,034 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+14%
Value & Sentiment 
+107%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.04 % 0.19 % Hugely higher market share.
+375%
Value
Value For Money 		86.4 % 95.3 % Better value.
+10%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		56 % 67 % More popular.
+20%
Price
Price (score) 		$260 $200 Cheaper.
+23%
Nice To Haves 
+17%
Age
Newest 		52+ Months More recent.
+19% 		64 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1,127 Pts 1,506 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+34%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1,029 Pts 1,401 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+36%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 84.8%
Average Bench 87%

The XT series of Ryzen CPUs barely outperform their cheaper X and non-X counterparts: 3600, 3600X, 3800X, 3900X. Outside of encoding workloads such as UserBenchmark 64-core, Cinebench, Blender-CPU and Handbrake-CPU the Ryzen architecture remains limited by relatively high latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Dedicated hardware such as NVENC or QuickSync remains far more efficient than CPU cores for encoding. CPU based encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn. The best value CPU amongst the Ryzen range is the 3300X which is the first design to focus on delivering lower latency, and therefore better performance where users need it, rather than “Moar Coars”. Aside from the army of anonymous influencers on social media (reddit, forums, youtube etc.), users will be hard pressed to find rational arguments that favor the XT variants over their cheaper predecessors. [Jul '20 CPUPro]

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The Ryzen 7 3800X is an 8-core, 16-thread high end desktop Zen 2 processor, built on AMD’s seminal 7nm manufacturing process. It has a boost clock speed of 4.5 GHz, overtaking the previous Zen+ flagship, the Ryzen 7 2700X, by 200 MHz and around 16% in terms of effective speed. The 3800X is available at launch for $399 USD alongside four other new Zen 2 processors, including the similarly specified Ryzen 7 3700X. The main differences between the 3800X and 3700X being an extra 100 MHz of boost clock frequency on the 3800X and extra TDP headroom (105W for the 3800X versus 65W for the 3700X) for a $70 USD premium. The 21% higher release price translates to just a 2% higher effective speed over the 3700X. The 3800X is in direct competition with Intel’s i7-9700K, benchmarks show that, when overclocked, the 3800X is 10% worse for gaming but 30% faster for 64-core processing. The 3800X is also 15% ($50 USD) more expensive than the i7-9700K. Additionally, the 3800X's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which can also impact gaming. Like the other third generation Ryzen processors, the 3800X is compatible with the new PCIe 4.0 enabled X570 chipset as well as the 400 and 300 series motherboards. At $380 USD, the 3800X offers reasonable value for purely workstation tasks such as film production but streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. [Jul '19 CPUPro]

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