The Ryzen 9 3900X is a top-end CPU based on AMD's 7nm Zen 2 microarchitecture. It offers 12 physical cores (24 logical), initially clocked at 3.8GHz, which may go up to 4.6GHz using Precision Boost. It has an unlocked multiplier, therefore, it can be overclocked using traditional methods. As an AMD 'X' CPU, the Ryzen 9 3900X can use eXtended Frequency Range (XFR) for automated overclocking. It has 64MB of L3 Cache. Level 3 cache is a static memory bank of a processor and it is used to feed it instructions. This processor also supports DDR4 based RAMs with maximum memory support of 64GB. It has a maximum Thermal Power Design of 105W. This makes the Ryzen 9 3900X a relatively power-hungry CPU, although this is in-line with the high core count. Among its many features are Simultaneous Multithreading, Cool n Quiet, CoolCore Technology, Extended Frequency Range (XFR), Pure Power and Precision Boost are enabled. It features an integrated AMD Radeon Vega GPU with 11 Compute Units that offers low-end graphical performance.
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