AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Price

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$ 339.99

$ 192.19 significantly less expensive

$ 532.18

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6549 points

17229 points

163% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points

15130 points

91% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points

17969 points

194% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points

18272 points

205% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points

16731 points

169% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points

605.81 points

226% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points

21438 points

160% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points

3385 points

98% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

4.3 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.7 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

61% significantly lower TDP

170 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

1280 KiB

150% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

16 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

64 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089

7th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Ryzen 9 9950X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9950X performs better than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3800X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3800X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800X. The Ryzen 9 9950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.