AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Overview

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Type: DESKTOP
Release date: Sep 2019

AMD_Zen_2Architecture

16Cores

32Threads

3500 Mhz Frequency

4700 MhzTurbo Clock

105 W TDP

Summary

Relative performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
142%
Intel Core i9-12900K
132%
Intel Core i9-12900KF
132%
Intel Core i5-10600K
124%
Intel Core i5-10600KF
124%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
123%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
120%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
110%
Intel Core i9-10900K
104%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
102%
Intel Core i7-10700K
101%
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
100%
Intel Core i9-9900KS
100%
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
100%
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
98%
Intel Core i9-10980XE
94%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
89%
Intel Core i9-7980XE
87%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
87%
Intel Core i9-7960X
85%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
81%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
77%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
77%
Intel Core i9-9900K
76%
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
72%
Intel Core i9-7900X
71%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
69%
Intel Core i7-9700K
68%
Intel Core i7-7820X
66%
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
64%
Intel Core i7-8700K
64%
Intel Core i7-7800X
59%
Intel Core i7-6950X
59%
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
58%
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
58%
Intel Core i7-7700K
57%
Intel Core i5-8600K
56%
Intel Core i7-6900K
55%
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
55%
Intel Core i7-6850K
53%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
53%
Intel Core i7-6700K
52%
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
52%
Intel Core i7-3960X
51%
Intel Core i5-8400
51%
Intel Core i7-4790K
51%
Intel Core i5-7600K
50%
Intel Core i7-7700
50%
Intel Core i7-5960X
49%
Intel Core i7-6800K
49%
Intel Core i7-6700
49%
Intel Core i5-7600
48%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
48%
Intel Core i7-7700T
47%
Intel Core i3-7350K
47%
Intel Core i7-4960X
47%
Intel Core i7-4790
46%
Intel Core i5-6600K
46%
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
46%
Intel Core i7-5820K
45%
Intel Core i7-4940MX
45%
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
45%
Intel Core i5-7500
45%
Intel Core i7-4980HQ
44%
Intel Core i7-4910MQ
44%
Intel Core i7-4930MX
44%
Intel Core i7-6700T
43%
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
43%
Intel Core i7-4790S
43%
Intel Core i3-8100
43%
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
42%
Intel Core i7-4810MQ
42%
Intel Core i5-6500
41%
Intel Core i7-4900MQ
41%
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
41%
Intel Core i7-4800MQ
41%
Intel Core i5-7400
41%
Intel Core i7-4870HQ
41%
Intel Core i7-3770K
40%
Intel Core i5-4590
40%
Intel Core i5-8250U
40%
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
40%
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
39%
Intel Core i3-6100
39%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
39%
Intel Core i7-4710HQ
39%
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
39%
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
39%
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
38%
Intel Core i7-4770HQ
38%
Intel Core i7-4700MQ
38%
Intel Core i7-4850HQ
38%
Intel Core i7-2600K
37%
Intel Core i7-4750HQ
36%
Intel Core i7-4702MQ
36%
Intel Core i7-4702HQ
35%
Intel Core i5-4430
35%
Intel Core i7-4712HQ
34%
Intel Core i7-4600M
34%
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
34%
Intel Core i5-2500K
34%
Intel Core i7-5600U
33%
Intel Core i5-4300M
33%
Intel Core i7-3632QM
32%
Intel Core i5-5257U
32%
Intel Core i7-4600U
31%
Intel Core i7-4650U
31%
Intel Core i7-5500U
31%
AMD FX-8370
31%
Intel Core i7-4550U
30%
Intel Core i5-5300U
30%
AMD FX-8350
30%
Intel Core i5-5350U
30%
Intel Core i7-4500U
30%
Intel Core i7-5650U
29%
AMD FX-8370E
29%
Intel Core i5-4258U
28%
Intel Core i5-5250U
28%
Intel Core i5-5200U
28%
Intel Core i5-3230M
27%
AMD A10-6800K
27%
Intel Core i7-3537U
27%
Intel Core i5-3437U
26%
Intel Core i3-5157U
26%
Intel Core i5-4200U
25%
Intel Core M-5Y31
25%
Intel Core i3-4000M
25%
Intel Core i5-3337U
24%
AMD A12-9800
24%
Intel Core M-5Y71
24%
AMD A10-7850K
24%
AMD A8-5600K
23%
Intel Core M-5Y70
23%
AMD A10-7700K
22%
AMD FX-8800P
22%
Intel Core i3-5010U
22%
AMD A6-6400K
22%
Intel Core M-5Y10a
21%
Intel Core i3-5005U
21%
Intel Core i3-3110M
21%
Intel Core M-5Y51
21%
Intel Core M-5Y10
20%
Intel Core i3-4158U
20%
AMD A10-5750M
20%
Intel Core i5-3339Y
18%
AMD A8-5550M
18%
AMD FX-9590
18%
Intel Core i3-4005U
17%
Intel Core i3-4010U
17%
Intel Core M-5Y10c
17%
AMD A10-5745M
16%
Intel Core i3-8350K
16%
AMD A4-5300
16%
AMD A10-4600M
16%
Intel Pentium 3556U
16%
Intel Core i3-3217U
16%
AMD A6-5350M
16%
Intel Core i7-4960HQ
15%
AMD A4-4300M
15%
Intel Pentium 2117U
15%
Intel Core i5-4690K
14%
AMD A4-5150M
13%
Intel Core i7-8550U
13%
AMD A6-5200
11%
Intel Core i3-7100
10%
AMD FX-6300
10%
Intel Pentium 2129Y
9%
Intel Pentium G4560
9%
AMD A4-5000
9%
Intel Core i3-4330
8%
AMD A10-7890K
8%
AMD A10-7870K
8%
Intel Core i5-3380M
7%
Intel Pentium G4400
6%
AMD E1-2500
6%
Intel Pentium G3440
6%
Intel Celeron G3930
5%
Intel Celeron G3900
5%
Intel Celeron G1840
5%
AMD A4-1250
5%
AMD E1-2100
5%
AMD A4-1200
4%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is a cpu released by AMD on Sep 2019. This processor is based on the architecture and packs 19,200 million transistors on a 7 nm, 0 mmÂ² die.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X pros and cons

Specifications

Features

Architecture

Architecture	AMD Zen 2
Market	Desktop
Memory Support	DDR4
Codename	Zen 2
Release Date	Sep 2019

Cores

Cores	16
Threads	32
E-Cores	none
SMPs	1
Integrated Graphics	No

Cache

L1 Cache	96K (per core)
L2 Cache	512K (per core)
L3 Cache	72MB

Physical

Socket	AMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp	unknown
Package
Die Size	unknown
Process	7 nm

Performance

Cpu Frequency	3500 MHz
Turbo Clock	4700 MHz
Base Clock	100 MHz
Voltage	variable
TDP	105 W

Compared to similar performing CPUs


	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	Intel Core i9-10900K	Intel Core i7-10700K	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
		compare	compare	compare	compare
Architecture	AMD_Zen_2	AMD_Zen_3	Intel_Cometlake	Intel_Cometlake	AMD_Zen_2
Process Node	7 nm	7 nm	14 nm	14 nm	7 nm
Cores/Threads	16/32	12/24	10/20	8/16	12/24
Release Date	Sep 2019	Nov 2020	Apr 2020	Apr 2020	Dec 2019

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
272
Intel Core i9-10900K
225
Intel Core i7-10700K
218
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
215
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
206

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
3969
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3726
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
3159