AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-6950X

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 16 / Sep 2019
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 10 / May 2016
Intel Core i7-6950X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    175%
  • Intel Core i7-6950X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    138%
  • Intel Core i7-6950X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    213%
  • Intel Core i7-6950X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 38% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 113% 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 75% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6950X

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 i7-6950X
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
HTT
AES-NI
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-6950X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Broadwell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsBroadwell-E
Release DateSep 2019vsMay 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-6950X
Cores16vs10
Threads32vs20
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-6950X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs32 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache72MBvs25600 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-6950X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 3950XIntel Core i7-6950X
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs3500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP105 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    5264 points
  • Intel Core i7-6950X
    3920 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    76518 points
  • Intel Core i7-6950X
    40320 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    215
  • Intel Core i7-6950X
    155.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    3969
  • Intel Core i7-6950X
    1859

points - higher is better