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Ryzen 9 3950X

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16 Cores, 32 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 85.6% (100th of 1335)

Based on 44,296 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00870F10 Model: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor

The 3950X is the 16 core, 32 thread Ryzen 3 flagship. Although this CPU offers server levels of multi-core encoding performance, there are relatively few, if any, consumer use cases for the 3950X. Streamers are better off using dedicated hardware such as NVENC which encodes far more efficiently than any CPU. Gamers are better served by low latency gaming CPUs such as the 9600K for a fraction of the price. For example, comparing these two PCs shows that the 3950X build offers less than half the gaming performance. The only rational reason to put a 3950X in a gaming build is in exchange for sponsorship money. [Feb '21 CPUPro]

Poor: 76%Average: 85.6% Great: 93%
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 112%
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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X averaged just 14.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 2,807Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 990Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is just 17.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 77.8Pts
Avg. Quad Core Mixed Speed 500Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 44,296 samples)
Rank 10085.6%
Min Avg Max
66.4 Memory 77.8 89.2
112 1-Core 129 139
222 2-Core 257 275
86.4% 154 Pts
Min Avg Max
435 4-Core 500 534
844 8-Core 990 1,057
91.7% 745 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,546 64-Core 2,807 3,097
188% 2,807 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 81.9
1-Core 117
2-Core 232
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 932
86% 698 Pts
64-Core 2,704
181% 2,704 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 71.8
1-Core 126
2-Core 252
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 507
8-Core 979
92% 743 Pts
64-Core 2,710
182% 2,710 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 80.7
1-Core 118
2-Core 236
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 893
83% 674 Pts
64-Core 2,575
173% 2,575 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 49,674,534 CPUs tested.

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MSRP ≈ $750 @ launch in Nov '19
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Gaming 174%
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Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation 223%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER - $449

CPU
Ryzen 9 3950XAMD  $690Bench 86%, 44,296 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $700Bench 204%, 211,492 samples2,223x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 397,019 samples1,938x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,500Bench 233%, 84,310 samples1,932x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $120Bench 327%, 379,400 samples1,644x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $170Bench 406%, 83,044 samples1,403x
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent  $130Bench 323%, 41,498 samples1,231x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 102%, 64,886 samples1,508x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 109%, 10,161 samples731x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $236Bench 88%, 126,038 samples471x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $1,959

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

3rd generation AMD Ryzen processor, built to perform, designed to win...

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

8 days ago.

CZE-User
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Good

19 months ago.

Cheaper, more technological, more practical

MYS-User
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2,857

Excellent

9 months ago.

16 Core 32 Thread of beast, can run many VM, After Effects, !!!

ZAF-User
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2,394

Excellent

1 day ago.

Best processor in the universe

HRV-User
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2,026

Terrible

15 months ago.

This is best of the best on am4 platform, finally long awaited 16 core CPU from AMD.

CPUPro
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Good

11 months ago.

NZL-User
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Excellent

7 months ago.

Comment 

Let me get this straight, the 3950x is NOT a CPU a gamer or a streamer would want. The 3950x is made for video editing, running VMs, servers and even mining. It has the most powerful multi-core performance for a consumer processor. For streamers, the new NVENC encoder on the latest Turing GPUs is able to match CPU x264 quality so having a high core count CPU for streaming is no longer a requirement. With NVENC, you can stream smoothly even with the 6c/6t 9400F. Running two or three programs in the background while gaming is hardly demanding for multi-threaded, multi-core CPU these days. If most of your daily usage consist of gaming and streaming, look elsewhere, such as the 9900k or 9700k where they will give you more headroom for a faster GPU if you happen to upgrade in the future while also being much cheaper. The 3950x also makes lots of sense if you plan to edit and render videos all day long.—Jan '20

SGP-User
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Excellent

15 months ago.

userbenchmark has the big gaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Viper207
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462

Excellent

2 years ago.

most powerful am4 processor 2019 year . 16 core

ColdSpy
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332

Excellent

23 months ago.

Offered pretty much what was previously regarded as HEDT grade (16 core 32 thread, huge amount of cache and high clock) at lower prices, is more accessible to high end market and can be slotted to mainstream socket.

FIrestone
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16

Good

2 years ago.

Prices shot up fast unfortunately but the is the multitasking beast.

thinkingbear
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10

Excellent

14 months ago.

Baby threadripper

HellF1re24
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4

Excellent

2 years ago.

Honestly, this is lookin to be the best one by Ryzen yet

Energon
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4

Excellent

20 months ago.

Like it or not, but this is the best CPU so far. It has perfect all-round performance and for those who want future proof...next 5 to 10 years the regular consumer or even prosumer will be just fine or better. 4 years ago 4 cores were super and 8 cores were "You don't need it, nothing will use their capabilities". Right now the same story, but 8 cores to 16 cores. Even Intel's flagship 10900K is 10 cores already. Hugely recommendation to everybody, who hasn't decided yet. Gaming is flawless with 2080 Super and on 4K res everything is silky smooth. It just works great with everything.

Liquified
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2

Excellent

20 months ago.

Image editing just jumped by leaps and bounds. With this much ability, I just might see about learning how to edit videos.

TomStev
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2

Excellent

16 months ago.

Excellen Performance. Excellent Thermals. All around excellent Processor that will run with the big boys for years on your gaming rig.

DazC1979
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Excellent

14 months ago.

Very difficult to load over 50%. Even with CAD.

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