AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 12 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
AMD Socket SP3r2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 16 / May 2017
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    113%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    123%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    103%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 23% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 13% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

None

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsZen
Release DateDec 2019vsMay 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Cores12vs16
Threads24vs32
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache64MBvs32768 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket SP3r2
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs384mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsvariable
TDP125 Wvs155 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    5152 points
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
    3850 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    62307 points
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
    75152 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    3159
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
    3062

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    206
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
    167

points - higher is better