AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Summary
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
115%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
100%
Relative performance
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
104%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
100%
Relative performance
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
125%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3950X |
| Much higher multi threaded performance (around 25% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking. |
| Around 15% higher average synthetic performance. |
Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
| None |
Gaming
HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
Productivity
HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.
Features
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
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| 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 | | | |
Architecture
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
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| Architecture | AMD Zen 2 | vs | AMD Zen 2 |
| Market | Desktop | vs | Desktop |
| Memory Support | DDR4 | vs | DDR4 |
| Codename | Zen 2 | vs | Zen 2 |
| Release Date | Sep 2019 | vs | Dec 2019 |
Cores
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
|---|
| Cores | 16 | vs | 12 |
| Threads | 32 | vs | 24 |
| SMPs | 1 | vs | 1 |
| Integrated Graphics | No | vs | No |
Cache
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
|---|
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | vs | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | vs | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 72MB | vs | 64MB |
Physical
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
|---|
| Socket | AMD Socket AM4 | vs | AMD Socket AM4 |
| Max Case Temp | unknown | vs | unknown |
| Package | | vs | |
| Die Size | unknown | vs | unknown |
| Process | 7 nm | vs | 7 nm |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
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| Cpu Frequency | 3500 MHz | vs | 3800 MHz |
| Turbo Clock | 4700 MHz | vs | 4600 MHz |
| Base Clock | 100 MHz | vs | 100 MHz |
| Voltage | variable | vs | variable |
| TDP | 105 W | vs | 125 W |
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
5264 points
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
5152 points
Points - higher is better
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
76518 points
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
62307 points
Points - higher is better
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
215
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
206
points - higher is better
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
3969
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
3159
points - higher is better