UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs 9 5950X

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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	318 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +27%	251 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	108 EFps	Slightly Better GTAV EFps. +9%	99 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	142 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +8%	131 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	133 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +18%	113 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	121 EFps		128 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +6%

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33,026 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 110% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 90% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 90% Great: 110%

SPEED RANK: 68^th / 1442

Gaming 100%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 121%

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15,293 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 69% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 242^nd / 1442

Gaming 80%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		100 %	Faster effective speed. +26%		79.7 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	81 Pts	+5%	77.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	164 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +20%	137 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	326 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +27%	257 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	639 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +44%	443 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1232 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +86%	662 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	92.7 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +6%	87.6 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	180 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +22%	147 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	355 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +23%	289 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	697 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +39%	500 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1376 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +84%	748 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.2 %	Hugely higher market share. +900%	0.02 %
Value Value For Money	89.7 %		94.4 %	Slightly better value. +5%
User Rating UBM User Rating	69 %		70 %	+1%
Price Price (score)	$416		$150	Much cheaper. +64%


Age Newest	41 Months	More recent. +13%	47 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watts		65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +38%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	16 cores	Hugely higher core count. +300%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	32 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%	8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm		7 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz		3.8 GHz	Faster base frequency. +12%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +14%	4.3 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	3063 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +307%	753 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	2633 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +289%	677 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen3	Zen2
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X is an impressive workhorse. It sits at the top of AMD’s latest Zen 3 based, 5000 series of CPUs and sends a clear message that AMD can beat Intel in terms of raw performance and core count. The 5950X has a boost clock speed of up to 4.9 GHz, a massive 72 MB cache and a TDP rating of 105W. Despite the “gaming” focus of AMD’s 5000 series launch marketing, the 5950X does not efficiently leverage all its 16 cores in gaming (as demonstrated by similar effective speed scores compared to the 12-core 5900X, 8-core 5800X and 6-core 5600X.) 16 cores are only suitable for professional use cases that have CPU processing needs which cannot be more efficiently met by a GPU or other dedicated hardware. There is no Intel equivalent with this number of cores, and the 5950X’s uniqueness is reflected in its $799 USD price tag, 45% more expensive than the 5900X. Gamers will get far higher FPS per dollar by allocating a higher proportion of their budget towards a better GPU rather than blowing $799 USD on the 5950X. Professional users that plan to use 32 concurrent threads at 100% load will find value in the 5950X. On the other hand, workstation users that rarely exceed 20 concurrent threads at 100% should consider the 10850K for around half the money. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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The 3300X is a 4-core Ryzen CPU. Priced at just $120 USD, it offers far better value to gamers than all the previous Ryzen CPUs. This is great news for potential buyers, but bad luck for gamers that recently spent nearly three times more on the 8-core 3700X. The reduction from eight to four cores results in more efficient caching and higher boost clocks. AMD’s marketing has abruptly broken from the firmly established “moar cores” mantra to a conveniently realistic: four cores are actually okay. Shifting goalposts this quickly reveals an unhealthy focus on first time buyers and a brazen disregard for existing customers. Sales tactics aside, unfortunately the 3300X remains constrained by architectural latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Comparing an overclocked 3300X pegged at 4425 MHz to a stock Intel Core i3-10100 running at 4100 MHz shows that the i3-10100 delivers better gaming performance in four out of five games. The 10100 also includes an iGPU with QuickSync hardware encoding. Since additional cores make little difference to gamers, there are no significant upgrades beyond the 3300X in the Ryzen product stack. In order to achieve better gaming performance, it is necessary to upgrade to a higher tier Intel CPU. Despite the barrage of anonymous hearsay pushed on social media, users will be hard pressed to find actual use cases that favor the 3300X over the i3-10100, especially when the 10100 is not handicapped by 2666 MHz RAM. Gamers are bottlenecked by the Ryzen architecture and desktop users need integrated graphics. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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