AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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
13% slightly better overall score
8139 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
9987 points
33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
30% slightly better multitasking score
7532 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score
7360 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
45% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7427 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
79% significantly higher Blender score
207.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points
11045 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points
2333 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
144th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2023 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Ryzen 7 8845HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8845HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 3950X. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. 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 9 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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