AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD A10-9700

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 16 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD A10-9700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A10-9700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    933%
  • AMD A10-9700
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    340%
  • AMD A10-9700
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    1525%
  • AMD A10-9700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 240% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 1425% 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 833% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A10-9700

40 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD A10-9700
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

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD A10-9700
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameVermeervsBristol Ridge
Release DateNov 2020vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD A10-9700
Cores16vs4
Threads32vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD A10-9700
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache64MBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD A10-9700
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD A10-9700
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4900 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP105 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    5880 points
  • AMD A10-9700
    2622 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    79641 points
  • AMD A10-9700
    8404 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    274
  • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
    80.52

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    4483
  • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
    293.82

points - higher is better