AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7246 points
9228 points
27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
21% slightly better gaming score
7460 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points
9844 points
47% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points
10084 points
54% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7120 points
10804 points
51% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points
371.88 points
94% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9217 points
10775 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2067 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1676 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points
10665 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1722 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
1024 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% 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

175th of 1,089
105th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 9 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Ryzen 9 3950X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Ryzen 7 5800. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800. Also, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 3950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5800. The Ryzen 9 3950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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