AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD 12 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

10155 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points

10880 points

45% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points

9947 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

9902 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points

12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

9570 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

290.59 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points

13326 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points

2592 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

75% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

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

28 W

274% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

12 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089

85th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Ryzen AI 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 beats the Ryzen 9 3950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3950X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 3950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

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.