AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 16 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 12 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    110%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    120%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 20% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 10% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

None

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 Ryzen 9 5900X
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 5950XAMD Ryzen 9 5900X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsAMD Zen 3
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channel
CodenameVermeervsVermeer
Release DateNov 2020vsNov 2020

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Cores16vs12
Threads32vs24
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD Ryzen 9 5900X
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache64MBvs64MB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD Ryzen 9 5900X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvs95°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs7 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4900 MHzvs4800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/AvsN/A
TDP105 Wvs105 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    5880 points
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    5760 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    79641 points
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    65001 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    274
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    272

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    4483
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    3726

points - higher is better