AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-11950H

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i9-11950H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3900X performs better than the Core i9-11950H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11950H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11950H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11950H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11950H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11950H. Despite this, the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-11950H outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.