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IntelBX80673I99980X
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16 Cores, 32 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q4 2019.

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▲ 54643 ▼

18 Cores, 36 Threads @3.00 GHz, Skylake.
Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Effective Speed 
+8%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 97% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 79% Great: 97%
SPEED RANK: 159th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 114%
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2,201 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 93% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 1.2 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 74% Great: 93%
SPEED RANK: 221st / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 108%
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Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		89.3 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+8% 		83 %
External Data: 1080p 
+1%
14 Nov19|PCGamer
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review 		2 % Hitm2 2%, FarC5 5%, StrangeB 3%, TWarW2 14%, MetroEx 0%, MESoW 1%, Divis2 4% SotTR 6%, ACO 1%
10 Mar21|HardwareLUXX
Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S... 		0 % MetroEx 7% BFV 6%, SotTR 0%, Divis2 0%
Average Score 
+10%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		77.2 Pts +0% 77.1 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		139 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+10% 		126 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		276 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+11% 		249 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		543 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+14% 		476 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		1,074 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+14% 		941 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+4%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		88.2 Pts +1% 87.2 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		150 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+6% 		142 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		297 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+5% 		282 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		580 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+5% 		550 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1,146 Pts +4% 1,098 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+642%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.26 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,500% 		0.01 %
Value
Value For Money 		76.6 % Better value.
+21% 		63.2 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		61 % More popular.
+13% 		54 %
Price
Price (score) 		$486 Much cheaper.
+35% 		$750
Nice To Haves 
+2%
Age
Newest 		60 Months More recent.
+15% 		71+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		2,965 Pts 3,318 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+12%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		2,737 Pts +2% 2,695 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 89.3%
Average Bench 83%

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]

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The refreshed i9-7980XE (which in my opinion is one of my favourite CPU from Intel even with slightly bloated pricing), comes with soldered TIM which can transfer heat from die to IHS better but overclocking enthusiasts disappoints as the solder itself transfer lower heat than metallic thermal paste such as Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut and can complicate relidding. [Dec '19 ColdSpy]

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