AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD 8 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

9228 points
2% slightly better overall score
8985 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
10717 points
43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
8377 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
8167 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
45% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7434 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
115% significantly higher Blender score
172.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
3.80 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089
111th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 3950X vs Ryzen 7 7840H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3950X beats the Ryzen 7 7840H in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7840H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 7840H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 3950X. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. 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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