AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 287.24
$ 281.81 significantly less expensive
$ 569.05

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11194 points
15772 points
40% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9928 points
15040 points
51% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11640 points
16008 points
37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11833 points
16094 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points
13700 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points
466.69 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points
20191 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
3294 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.4 GHz
4.4 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
14% slightly lower TDP
120 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
960 KiB

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
128 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,089
19th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2025 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D is faster than the Ryzen 9 5950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5950X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5950X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5950X. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5950X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPU because of its slightly 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 9900X3D has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5950X. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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