AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

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

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 399.99
$ 450.01 significantly less expensive
$ 850.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9228 points
18% slightly better overall score
7764 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
2% slightly better gaming score
7302 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
7916 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
7971 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
9121 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
262.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10775 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7426 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1676 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1163 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7983 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1180 points

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
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed
4 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
1536 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 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
154th 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 1950X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3950X beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. A Ryzen 9 3950X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 1950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. 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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