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Matisse Refresh – light and shadow, sidegrade or real gain? versatility test from old against new and all against Intel

I had to make some cuts in the game benchmarks due to CPU and time constraints, but I tried to pick out the most representative cases. Especially since I’m sure that many colleagues tend to focus on games anyway. The number of threads used varies very consciously in my selection, because it will probably take some time until all games have really arrived in multi-core heaven. Until then, some lakes will probably be plundered by Intel, and AMD will have to watch how many really famous painters are left. But there are still the real application benchmarks, where such a Ryzen 9 3900XT should feel more at home anyway.

Since we explicitly want to test CPUs today, there will only be benchmarks in 720p and maximum 1080p, so there will be something for everyone. I use a watered NVIDIA Titan RTX to protect myself from possible GPU bottlenecks, but even with this card I can’t do it all the way. Nevertheless, one sees a very clear trend, which could have been confirmed by 10 more tests. So at the end of the day, there will be a statement that can be used in spite of everything, and the somewhat dusty enthusiast platform on the 2066 base shows once again that it has always been a bit out of place to play. And what does the Ryzen refresh do for us?

Tests in 1280 x 720 pixels

The Ryzen 9 3900XT does not take the two Ryzen 9 3900X and 3950X off a bit here, which I noticed several times, even in the workstation benchmarks. If half of the people on the team have nothing to do, you’re just in the way. In game mode, the Ryzen 9 3950X would then be almost as fast, but only approximately. Interestingly, the difference between the Intel Core i9-9900K(S) and the first-placed 10900K isn’t that big, but it’s at least still measurable. If you use slower graphics cards, however, these traces become blurred. Nevertheless Intel is (still) the measure of all things here.

Next, let’s take Assassin’s Creed Odyssey here I have both in 720p and 1080p to see the differences. But let’s start with the actually unplayable stamp resolution. The Core i9-10900K’s lead over AMD’s three bolides is also quite clearly visible here. The Ryzen 9 3900XT beats the 3950X by a very narrow margin, but beats the 3900X more clearly. However, one hardly notices anything of the multiple stroke here.

The differences between the Intel CPUs turn out to be somewhat greater than in Wolfenstein Youngblood. In opposition to the Core i9-9900K(S), the 10900K can score more points due to the high clock rate and the two cores more. The Core i7-9700K does itself considerably harder, but still outplaces Intel’s older enthusiast platform with a gesture of nonchalance. So everything’s basically the same?

Tests in 1920 x 1080 pixels

Same game, but more pixels. If you leave the settings as they were, the field moves a bit closer together, but the order does not change and the differences to the 720p test are not as big as expected. Also a realization, but with the Ryzen 9 3900XT as the narrow Ryzen class winner.

Far Cry 5 is an example for all older games that prefer high IPC performance with high clock speed. Here, the Core i9 Troika wins well ahead of the rest because at the end of the bar is simply everything and even the Titan RTX is already buckling a bit towards the top. And the three Ryzen? you have to be able to take defeats as well as so many successes, because it rounds off the picture better. Whereby at least the Ryzen 9 3900XT can save some of the honour.

By the way, Total War Three Kingdoms is a very good example of how things can turn out when the largest possible team is required and the working speed of the individual team members is important, but not everything is decisive. Nevertheless, the difference of 2 or 6 cores more on the AMD side is not as extreme as expected. Far Cry 5 still hurts a little less for the red team.

Finally I picked out Metro Exodus, because it shows again, where the strengths of which CPU are and why AMD with Zen3, especially in IPC and clock must still catch up. However, the forecast 15 to 20 percent would easily suffice for the top here as well. But to close the circle again: we live in the here and now. And Zen3 is not yet on the market. What counts is on the court and that’s where the Core i9-10900K (still in many games) is the measure of all things. this must be acknowledged without envy, even though the Ryzen 9 3900XT can again clearly beat the other two Ryzen 9.

 

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Igor Wallossek

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