AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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
56% significantly better overall score
5903 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
7480 points
0.27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
83% significantly better multitasking score
5373 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
93% significantly better heavy workload score
5224 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
8249 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
168% significantly higher Blender score
138.57 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10775 points
72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6233 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1676 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1440 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6388 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1452 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
16% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
35 W
200% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089
260th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2020 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Ryzen 9 4900HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Ryzen 9 4900HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 4900HS in all gaming tests too.

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 9 4900HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 4900HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 4900HS. Also, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 4900HS 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 4900HS. 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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