AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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
10700 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
10758 points
44% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
10731 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
10842 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
458.15 points
23% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.3 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
55 W
90% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
Identical
1024 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
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 9 8940HX. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8940HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. 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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