Ryzen 9 3950X vs Ryzen 5 4500 benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3950X performs better than the Ryzen 5 4500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4500 in all gaming tests too.
With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 4500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3950X thanks to a 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 3950X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4500. The Ryzen 9 3950X 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 9 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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