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Ryzen 9 3900X vs. Core i9 9900K Linux Gaming Performance AMD Ryzen 9 3900X versus Intel Core i9 9900K Linux gaming performance with the Radeon RX 5700 XT, NVIDIA RTX 2070, and NVIDIA RTX 2080. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. ,,"Core i9 9900K: RTX 2080","Core i9 9900K: RTX 2070","Core i9 9900K: RX 5700 XT","Ryzen 9 3900X: RX 5700 XT","Ryzen 9 3900X: RTX 2070","Ryzen 9 3900X: RTX 2080" Processor,,Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads) Motherboard,,ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS),ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS),ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (0803 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (0803 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (0803 BIOS) Chipset,,Intel Cannon Lake PCH,Intel Cannon Lake PCH,Intel Cannon Lake PCH,AMD Device 1480,AMD Device 1480,AMD Device 1480 Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB Disk,,Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT,Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT,Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT,Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT,Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT,Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT Graphics,,Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB (1515/7000MHz),ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB (1410/7000MHz),AMD Navi 10 8GB (2100/875MHz),AMD Navi 10 8GB (2100/875MHz),ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB (465/405MHz),Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB (1515/7000MHz) Audio,,Realtek ALC1220,Realtek ALC1220,Realtek ALC1220,AMD Device ab38,NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio,NVIDIA Device 10f8 Monitor,,Acer B286HK,Acer B286HK,Acer B286HK,Acer B286HK,Acer B286HK,Acer B286HK Network,,Intel I219-V,Intel I219-V,Intel I219-V,Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723,Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723,Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723 OS,,Ubuntu 19.04,Ubuntu 19.04,Ubuntu 19.04,Ubuntu 19.04,Ubuntu 19.04,Ubuntu 19.04 Kernel,,5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190819,5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190819,5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190819,5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190819,5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190819,5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190819 Desktop,,GNOME Shell 3.32.2,GNOME Shell 3.32.2,GNOME Shell 3.32.2,GNOME Shell 3.32.2,GNOME Shell 3.32.2,GNOME Shell 3.32.2 Display Server,,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.4 Display Driver,,NVIDIA 435.17,NVIDIA 435.17,,,NVIDIA 435.17,NVIDIA 435.17 OpenGL,,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.5 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-7c56a68 2019-08-20 disco-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.0),4.5 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-7c56a68 2019-08-20 disco-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.0),4.6.0,4.6.0 OpenCL,,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.1.0,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.1.0,,,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.1.0,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.1.0 Vulkan,,1.1.109,1.1.109,1.1.107,1.1.107,1.1.109,1.1.109 Compiler,,GCC 8.3.0 + LLVM 9.0.0,GCC 8.3.0 + LLVM 9.0.0,GCC 8.3.0 + LLVM 9.0.0,GCC 8.3.0 + LLVM 9.0.0,GCC 8.3.0 + LLVM 9.0.0,GCC 8.3.0 + LLVM 9.0.0 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160 ,,"Core i9 9900K: RTX 2080","Core i9 9900K: RTX 2070","Core i9 9900K: RX 5700 XT","Ryzen 9 3900X: RX 5700 XT","Ryzen 9 3900X: RTX 2070","Ryzen 9 3900X: RTX 2080" "HITMAN 2 - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,285.15,258.74,296.3,356.75,301.38,330.23 "Rise of the Tomb Raider - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,275.47,243.85,,,296.07,332.55 "HITMAN 2 - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,286.12,257.23,297.51,355.37,300.69,326.5 "Total War: Three Kingdoms - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,284.38,240.06,271.06,336.08,299.06,337 "Dota 2 - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,183.13,172.21,189.2,237.79,228.66,226.98 "A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,267.48,229.88,268.14,337.23,281.35,318.01 "Total War: WARHAMMER II - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,236.95,208.5,238.11,287.53,252.84,276.09 "SuperTuxKart - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,227.63,195.83,278.83,345.54,241.88,268.81 "Unigine Heaven - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,266.15,244.15,283.45,338.41,298.93,331.65 "DiRT Rally 2.0 - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,254.57,228.67,276.42,348.33,268.85,235.17 "Dota 2 - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,193.98,166.28,189.63,242.26,229.22,259.14 "Strange Brigade - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,226.44,198.63,235.98,290.29,249.68,280.11 "Tesseract - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,236.29,214.85,264.07,328.27,266.59,307.04 "HITMAN - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,263.68,234.3,273.19,317.45,279.74,303.36 "DiRT Rally 2.0 - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,243.74,228.6,277.36,343.99,286.24,326.3 "Strange Brigade - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,235.07,204.44,240.49,285.15,252.82,295.51 "SuperTuxKart - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,225.42,195.8,268.37,332.42,241.08,268.51 "Xonotic - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,230.86,211.91,189.76,266.77,259.35,289.43 "Xonotic - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,216.65,212.03,179.96,257.09,255.24,272.08 "Strange Brigade - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,229.2,203.33,246.41,291.49,253.77,283.32 "Unigine Superposition - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,270.52,244.11,275.46,342.51,291.06,322.19 "Strange Brigade - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,224.36,195.91,235.55,291.15,251.88,273.62 "Total War: Three Kingdoms - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,272.72,239.32,278.68,337.34,295.85,340.95 "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,135.63,131.13,154.66,206.95,169.77,185.32 "Batman: Arkham Origins - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,214.26,190.23,236.04,298.16,251.86,275.29 "Total War: WARHAMMER II - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,208.01,179.19,214.6,258.11,220.03,249.72 "SuperTuxKart - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,197.31,171.13,276.16,331.42,217.48,236.82 "SuperTuxKart - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,193.22,169.99,275.14,339.37,220.94,236.71 "Unigine Heaven - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,263.93,245.91,270.85,336.71,294.5,328.71 "Unigine Superposition - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,275.43,243.1,268.5,334.98,289.43,322.87 "X-Plane - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,206.1,176.33,220.73,240.62,234.07,242.72 "Total War: Three Kingdoms - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Medium - Scenario: Battle Benchmark - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,9.72,11.66,12.69,12.78,12.88,10.48 "HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,12.55,14.84,13.49,14.6,11.68,10.17 "A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,12.34,14.72,15.02,15.49,16.08,12.95 "Total War: Three Kingdoms - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Battle Benchmark - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,20.71,23.64,25.24,24.2,25.2,20.69 "HITMAN - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,12.13,13.78,10.7,11.86,15.09,13.48 "SuperTuxKart - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 4 - Scene: Cocoa Temple (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.64,0.66,0.24,0.19,0.51,0.54 "Total War: WARHAMMER II - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Skaven Battle - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,9.7,11.64,11.48,11.66,12.73,9.76 "HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Medium - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,11.84,13.92,12.57,13.52,10.88,9.47 "SuperTuxKart - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 4 - Scene: Candela City (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.49,0.53,0.25,0.21,0.39,0.41 "SuperTuxKart - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 4 - Scene: Candela City (FPS)",HIB,94.69,89.47,197.73,198.47,85.31,97.55 "SuperTuxKart - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 4 - Scene: Cocoa Temple (FPS)",HIB,144.62,128.99,64.41,64.24,122.32,145.92 "DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.58,0.52,0.82,0.67,0.38,0.43 "DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High (FPS)",HIB,140.58,117.79,227.53,229.24,108.97,141.76 "DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,141.67,117.86,226.12,227.15,109.09,146.02 "DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.56,0.52,0.82,0.65,0.41,0.62 "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,4.36,4.49,5.07,4.99,4.67,4.57 "Total War: WARHAMMER II - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Fallen Gates Battle - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,10.94,13.24,13.46,13.37,14.42,11.09 "Xonotic - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.05,0.99,1.48,1.10,0.77,0.82 "SuperTuxKart - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 4 - Scene: Candela City (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.49,0.53,0.72,0.58,0.39,0.41 "X-Plane - Quality: Very High - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.47,0.54,0.34,0.30,0.39,0.37 "Unigine Heaven - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.19,0.17,0.14,0.11,0.14,0.16 "Dota 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.79,0.72,0.68,0.54,0.48,0.62 "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.69,0.65,0.51,0.42,0.48,0.56 "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Medium (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.47,0.44,0.36,0.29,0.32,0.38 "Unigine Heaven - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.47,0.42,0.50,0.41,0.31,0.38 "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.41,0.39,0.32,0.26,0.29,0.33 "Unigine Superposition - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.11,0.10,0.08,0.07,0.08,0.10 "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Setting: Medium (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.77,0.75,0.59,0.49,0.56,0.61 "Dota 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.75,0.75,0.67,0.51,0.48,0.53 "Xonotic - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.59,1.47,1.86,1.39,1.21,1.28 "Batman: Arkham Origins - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.71,0.69,0.63,0.50,0.47,0.55 "Unigine Heaven - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,125.32,103.63,140.52,138.57,94.09,126.28 "SuperTuxKart - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 4 - Scene: Cocoa Temple (FPS)",HIB,146.08,130.31,183.36,181.25,123.09,144.13 "Unigine Superposition - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.23,0.21,0.25,0.20,0.17,0.19 "Xonotic - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,241.83,209.73,280.91,293.37,200.06,236.90 "Rise of the Tomb Raider - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: FXAA - Scene: Geothermal Valley (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.41,0.37,,,0.28,0.33 "HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,79.62,67.40,74.18,68.63,85.74,98.23 "HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Medium (FPS)",HIB,83.46,72.17,79.58,73.96,91.95,105.10 "Unigine Superposition - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,62.03,51.27,69.73,66.90,48.17,62.30 "Unigine Heaven - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,51.02,42.84,36.78,35.78,40.44,51.67 "SuperTuxKart - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 4 - Scene: Candela City (FPS)",HIB,95.89,90.23,69.27,68.73,85.17,97.78 "HITMAN - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,82.63,72.55,93.71,84.47,66.33,74.07 "Unigine Superposition - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,31,25.50,22.70,22.17,24.47,31.03 "Tesseract - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.52,1.49,1.45,1.21,1.10,1.17 "Rise of the Tomb Raider - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: FXAA - Scene: Spine Of The Mountain (FPS)",HIB,149.77,121.23,,,110.57,145.57 "Rise of the Tomb Raider - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: FXAA - Scene: Geothermal Valley (FPS)",HIB,112.30,90.93,,,83.03,109.10 "Tesseract - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,359.33,319.13,384.14,396.76,293.93,359.43 "Rise of the Tomb Raider - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: FXAA - Scene: Prophets Tomb (FPS)",HIB,118.07,96.53,,,87.63,115.00 "X-Plane - Quality: Very High - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (FPS)",HIB,96.58,95.49,74.56,71.70,91.95,90.39 "Dota 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,144.53,124.27,126.30,123.27,109.30,138.48 "Total War: WARHAMMER II - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Skaven Battle (FPS)",HIB,103.27,86.73,86.40,87.40,78.47,102.37 "Total War: WARHAMMER II - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Fallen Gates Battle (FPS)",HIB,91.23,75.83,74.00,74.70,69.40,90.43 "SuperTuxKart - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 4 - Scene: Cocoa Temple (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.64,0.67,0.66,0.52,0.51,0.54 "Total War: Three Kingdoms - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Medium - Scenario: Battle Benchmark (FPS)",HIB,101.03,84.57,78.43,78.37,77.07,94.23 "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Setting: Medium (FPS)",HIB,182.17,153.63,141.67,139.23,141.50,179.87 "A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,81.13,68.23,66.57,65.10,62.13,77.73 "Dota 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,143.97,123.60,129.42,127.73,110.80,141.03 "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,159.13,132.63,124.97,123.13,122.50,157.70 "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,93.73,77.70,76.20,76.00,72.23,93.50 "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Medium (FPS)",HIB,104.40,86.67,84.83,84.63,80.70,103.77 "Batman: Arkham Origins - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,151.44,130.43,149.10,149.34,118.99,150.05 "Total War: Three Kingdoms - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Battle Benchmark (FPS)",HIB,48.13,42.23,39.53,41.30,39.67,48.17 "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (FPS)",HIB,304.07,295.23,253.93,275.33,281.97,292.90 "Xonotic - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,345.40,311.91,334.34,357.73,308.35,347.48 "System Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring (Watts)",,235.05,256,261.36,311.64,268.06,295.63