Compare 9900K and 3900x settings in Lightroom to see how they affect color and tone.
Compare 9900K and 3900x settings in Lightroom to see how they affect color and tone.
You're planning to upgrade your PC for better performance, especially for Lightroom. You're weighing Intel and AMD options, considering both active and background tasks. The 9900K offers more cores than your current setup, but you're unsure if it's worth the switch. The 3900X provides a noticeable boost, though. PG Systems suggests the 9900K performs better for active workloads without overclocking. AMD systems aren't well-known to me, so I'm checking their reliability and any potential issues. Over the past ten years, Intel has been stable, but you're looking for a noticeable gain in photo editing.
3900X performs well with strong single-core and multicore capabilities. Based on PassMark data, it shows better results than the 9900K in most tests. There don’t seem to be significant BIOS concerns, and it appears more secure than the 9900K. From the linked comparison, it ranked highest in two-thirds of the benchmarks, only slightly trailing an AMD CPU by 0.06%.