AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-4930K

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 16 / Sep 2019
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Intel Core i7-4930K
Intel Socket 2011DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i7-4930K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    271%
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    153%
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    390%
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 53% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 290% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 171% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4930K

None

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-4930K
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
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-4930K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZen 2vsIvy Bridge-E
Release DateSep 2019vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-4930K
Cores16vs6
Threads32vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-4930K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache72MBvs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-4930K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs257mm²
Process7 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-4930K
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevs1.35 V
TDP105 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    5264 points
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    76518 points
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    25214 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    215
  • Intel Core i7-4930K (simulated)
    140.4

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    3969
  • Intel Core i7-4930K (simulated)
    1016.22

points - higher is better