AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2019
Sep 2019
Manufacturer
AMD
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen 2
Matisse
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
3.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
7 nm
Socket
AM4
AMD Socket AM4
Power Consumption
105 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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95 °C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
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124 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
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Performance Core Threads
32
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.1 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
32
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
36.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4
PCIe Lanes
16
24
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,349
1,166
Cinebench R23
24,396
6,717
Geekbench 6
1,709
1,650
Geekbench 6
11,656
6,523
Cinebench 2024
72
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Cinebench 2024
1,325
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Passmark CPU
2,692
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Passmark CPU
38,953
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.