AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 399.99
$ 199.99
$ 200.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9228 points
38% slightly better overall score
6657 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
8% slightly better gaming score
6855 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
49% significantly better multitasking score
6596 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
53% significantly better heavy workload score
6581 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
8387 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
79% significantly higher Blender score
206.91 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10775 points
76% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6100 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1676 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1097 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7137 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1179 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
Identical
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
71% significantly lower TDP
180 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
1152 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089
212th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen Threadripper

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Ryzen Threadripper 1920X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3950X performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 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 Threadripper 1920X that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Both the Ryzen 9 3950X and Ryzen Threadripper 1920X have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3950X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 1920X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 3950X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. 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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