AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X with 12 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X's Advantages

Released 3 years and 1 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (73.4GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.8GHz)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X's Advantages

Lower TDP (105W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +58%

2059

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1302

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +105%

38165

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

18529

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +66%

3068

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1842

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +82%

21409

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

11715

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +62%

127

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

78

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +104%

2185

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1068

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +69%

2232

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1319

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +102%

24244

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

11991

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +59%

4286

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

2683

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +93%

62987

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

32531

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

General Parameters

Aug 2022

Release Date

Jul 2019

Amd

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Zen 2

AM5

Socket

AM4

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

AM5

Socket

AM4

170 W

Power Consumption

105 W

230W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

12

32

Performance Core Threads

24

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

16

Total Core Count

12

32

Total Thread Count

24

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

45x

Multiplier

38x

64K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

1MB per core

L2 Cache

512K per core

64MB shared

L3 Cache

64MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

73.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

448

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

5.0

PCIe Version

4.0

28

PCIe Lanes

16

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