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Ryzen 9 3950X

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

Average Bench: 87.9% (48th of 1264)

Based on 16,575 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00870F10 Model: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor
Poor: 79%Average: 87.9% Great: 95%
Gaming
Gaming 88%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 113%
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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X averaged just 12.1% 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 2,764Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 1,044Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is just 16.5%. 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 77.4Pts
Avg. Quad Core Mixed Speed 526Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,575 samples)
Rank 4887.9%
Min Avg Max
66.2 Memory 77.4 88.8
119 1-Core 136 146
238 2-Core 270 289
89.4% 161 Pts
Min Avg Max
463 4-Core 526 560
889 8-Core 1,044 1,110
96.6% 785 Pts
Min Avg Max
2,202 64-Core 2,764 3,065
186% 2,764 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
97.5% Outstanding
Memory 90.1
1-Core 147
2-Core 294
99% 177 Pts
4-Core 562
8-Core 1,106
103% 834 Pts
64-Core 2,903
195% 2,903 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
91.9% Outstanding
Memory 81.7
1-Core 139
2-Core 275
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 546
8-Core 1,096
101% 821 Pts
64-Core 2,883
194% 2,883 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 75.2
1-Core 141
2-Core 277
91% 164 Pts
4-Core 531
8-Core 1076
99% 803 Pts
64-Core 2,901
195% 2,901 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 33,182,845 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $750 @ launch in Nov '19
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Workstation 193%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER - $330

CPU
Ryzen 9 3950XAMD  $690Bench 88%, 16,575 samples920x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $1,343Bench 173%, 182,508 samples835x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 113%, 279,398 samples798x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 106%, 212,953 samples774x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $179Bench 324%, 105,901 samples459x
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent  $200Bench 354%, 14,382 samples391x
Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBGigabyte  $200Bench 358%, 6,467 samples342x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 99%, 17,727 samples496x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 107%, 3,391 samples213x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $135Bench 85%, 46,589 samples157x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $2,542

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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...

Added 10 months ago.
USA-User
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6,886

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

GBR-User
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4,414

Good

5 days ago.

i really powerfull CPU for those who can really afford it and with 16 cores, you can pretty musch do anything

TUR-User
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4,124

Terrible

2 days ago.

ı hate it

CAN-User
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3,644

Excellent

1 day ago.

Best cpu without spending like 1000 dollars

FRA-User
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3,537

Excellent

24 days ago.

Great CPU, very, very powerful for productivity and too powerful for gaming alone. Its drawbacks shown by UserBenchmark are minor non-issues that are shown in order to try to weaken it.

AUS-User
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2,926

Excellent

3 days ago.

It's complete overkill for the gaming crowd who are better served with faster single-core clocks and a more reasonable number of cores. For those who have computers that do real work, the overkill is something you can now get used to. The ability to run so many CPU intensive tasks at once is incredible - and you can play a game while-you-wait. On the downside, the heat the CPU produces at full load means that your cooling solution needs to be top-of-the-line.

CZE-User
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2,480

Good

3 months ago.

Cheaper, more technological, more practical

MYS-User
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2,357

Good

3 months ago.

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

ZAF-User
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2,006

Poor

2 months ago.

Best processor in the universe

HRV-User
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1,814

Excellent

3 months ago.

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

NZL-User
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1,548

Excellent

6 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

Viper207
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362

Excellent

10 months ago.

most powerful am4 processor 2019 year . 16 core

ColdSpy
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330

Excellent

7 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.

RavenBailiff
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304

Excellent

9 months ago.

Literally GOD

CrylicArk
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188

Poor

3 months ago.

highest clocked ryzen cpu. do we really have to buy a 16 core cpu if we want to get the highest clocked ryzen cpu? :(

ExecutableFiles
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124

Excellent

6 months ago.

Workstation grade processing for mainstream pricing. This here is the wet dream of workstation users. Will probably need fast ram and a good cooler (Like a mid-range be Quiet or Noctua air cooler) but boy does it pay off with multithreaded performance.

Test19
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88

Excellent

7 months ago.

Beast! Doesn't need a crazy cooler, a mid-price one actually works.

FIrestone
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16

Good

9 months ago.

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

HellF1re24
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4

Excellent

10 months ago.

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

Liquified
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2

Excellent

4 months ago.

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

Energon
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2

Excellent

4 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.

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