AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel 18 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

42% slightly better overall score

6495 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points

30% slightly better gaming score

5724 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points

44% significantly better multitasking score

6803 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

6991 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points

58% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6829 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points

60% significantly higher Blender score

231.70 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10775 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7392 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1676 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1060 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8186 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1134 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12% slightly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

38% slightly lower TDP

145 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089

221st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Xeon E5-2696 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3950X performs better than the Xeon E5-2696 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2696 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has slightly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 3950X. A Ryzen 9 3950X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2696 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.