AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 399.99
$ 135.32
$ 264.67 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9228 points
47% significantly better overall score
6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
8333 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
75% significantly better multitasking score
5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
85% significantly better heavy workload score
5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
90% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5664 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
146% significantly higher Blender score
150.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10775 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
8330 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1676 points
1980 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8600 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points
2052 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
166% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
3.50 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
166% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600 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 5600. The Ryzen 9 3950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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