Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms the Intel Core i9-7920X in the wPrime… LESS FREQUENTLY!

AMD Ryzen processors are very good at stock clock rates, because they are quite difficult to overclock. The reason is that these processors arrive already very squeezed in terms of frequencies and voltages from the factory. Even in extreme overclocking they are difficult to improve. Despite this, the Australian overclocker jordan.hyde99 has brought the Ryzen 9 3900X to 5.625MHz using liquid nitrogen.

This overclocker has set the wPrime 1024M world record with the Ryzen 9 3900X. What is relevant about this record is that the mark obtained exceeds that of the Intel Core i9-7920X with a lower frequency. Yes, the AMD processor achieves a better result despite working at a lower frequency than the Intel solution.

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Ryzen 9 3900X breaks world record in wPrime

Note that both the Ryzen 9 3900X and the Core i9-7920X have 12 cores and 24 processing threads. The two processors have the same number of cores, although the transistor density and lithographs differ quite a bit.

The AMD processor is based on Zen2 is based on 7nm lithography and works at a base frequency of 3.8GHz that reaches 4.6GHz in Boost mode. On the other hand, the Intel processor is based on Skylake architecture and is 14nm lithography. The Intel processor works at the 2.9GHz frequency and arrives in Boost mode at 4.4GHz.

Jordan.hyde99 has managed to take this Ryzen 9 3900X up to 5.625MHz using liquid nitrogen. You have set a time in wPrime 1024M of 35 seconds and 517 milliseconds, taking the top spot from the Core i9-7920X. The Intel processor clocked 35 seconds and 693 milliseconds at a frequency of 5.955MHz. As we see with 300MHz less the AMD processor has achieved an excellent result.

The reasons are the improvement of lithographs and especially the IPC of the Zen2 architecture. Obviously, AMD processors are much better than Intel Skylake processors, much older in lithography.

Source: TH