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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is a high-end desktop processor with 16 cores based on the Zen 2 architecture. At launch in November 2019 it is the fastest CPU of the Matisse series. The 3950X clocks from 3.5 GHz (base) up to 4.7 GHz (Turbo for a single core). All sixteen cores can reach up to 4.1 GHz.

Thanks to the 16 cores and 32 threads, the 3950X offers excellent application performance - if the number of cores can be used. Thanks to the relatively high Turbo, the single core performance is also situated in the high end. For games however, there are faster CPUs, like the Core i9-10900K.

The Ryzen 9 3950X is manufactured in 7nm (the four CCX-cluster with the cores) at TSMC and 12 nm (I/O die) at Globalfoundries. The TDP is rated at 250 Watt and therefore the CPU needs a very powerful cooling system.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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Der AMD Ryzen 7 3700X ist ein Desktop-Prozessor mit 8-Kernen und Hyperthreading (SMT), weshalb dieser 16 Threads gleichzeitig verarbeiten kann. Mit dem Launch am 07.07.2019 ist er nach dem Ryzen 7 3800X der zweitschnellste Ryzen 7 Prozessor und mit 65 Watt TDP deutlich sparsamer als das schnellste Ryzen 7 Modell.

Der Ryzen 7 3700X taktet mit 3,6 GHz Basistakt und kann per Turbo auf bis zu 4,4 GHz takten. Bei Last aller 8 Kerne erreicht der Ryzen 7 3700X maximal 4,1 GHz. Dank des Precision Boost 2 kann der Takt auf einem höheren Level gehalten werden, wie wir es schon von Zen+ her kennen.

Die Leistung des AMD Ryzen 7 3700X ist durchweg bei allen Anwendungen hervorragend. Vor allem bei Multi-Thread-Anwendungen kann hier der native 8-Kerner seine Stärken ausspielen und trotz der geringen TDP ist der Intel Core i9-9900K in Reichweite. Die beiden CCX-Cluster bestehend aus jeweils 4 CPU-Kernen befinden sich in einem CCD (je 4 Kerne mit eigenem 16 MByte L3 Cache). Dieser ist genau 74 mm² groß und wird im neuen 7 nm Verfahren bei TSMC gefertigt. Der I/O-Die ist separiert und kommt im mit der älteren 12 nm Strukturbreite daher, welcher weiterhin von Gobalfoundries gefertigt. 

Bei Spielen kann der AMD Ryzen 7 3700X dank der verbesserten IPC überzeugen. In Spielen erreicht der Ryzen 7 3700X etwa die Leistung eines Intel Core i7-8700K. Geschlagen geben muss sich der Ryzen momentan allerdings trotzdem, denn in den meisten Spielen bietet der Coffee-Lake-Prozessor etwas mehr Leistung. Zukünftige Unterstützung von mehr Kernen können das Blatt schnell wenden. 

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 3950XAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
SeriesAMD Matisse (Ryzen 3000 Desktop)AMD Matisse (Ryzen 3000 Desktop)
CodenameMatisse (Zen 2)Matisse (Zen 2)
Series: Matisse (Ryzen 3000 Desktop) Matisse (Zen 2)
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X « 3.5 - 4.7 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X compare3.8 - 4.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 compare3.1 - 4.3 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT compare3.9 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X3.6 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X compare3.8 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 compare3.6 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X3.5 - 4.7 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X compare3.8 - 4.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 compare3.1 - 4.3 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT compare3.9 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X « 3.6 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X compare3.8 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 compare3.6 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Clock3500 - 4700 MHz3600 - 4400 MHz
L1 Cache1 MB512 KB
L2 Cache8 MB4 MB
L3 Cache64 MB32 MB
Cores / Threads16 / 328 / 16
TDP105 Watt65 Watt
Technology7 nm7 nm
Die Size2 x 72 mm + 125 mm (IO-Die) mm2
SocketAM4 (1331)AM4 (LGA1331)
FeaturesMMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2DDR4-3200 RAM, PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
Architecturex86x86
$799 U.S.$329 U.S.
Announced
max. Temp.95 °C
Manufacturerwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 3950X
43.2 pt (60%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 3700X
37.6 pt (52%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
520 Points (58%)
506 Points (56%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
9075 Points (22%)
4782 Points (12%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
4002 Points (25%)
2092 Points (13%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
209 Points (63%)
204 Points (61%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
43.7 Points (57%)
23.2 Points (30%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.4 Points (59%)
2.3 Points (57%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
6102 Points (37%)
5839 Points (35%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
53396 Points (39%)
40439 Points (29%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
86232 Points (60%)
66813 Points (46%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
10580 Points (13%)
10189 Points (12%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
44.9 s (1%)
86.7 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
4.1 s (1%)
3.7 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
7409 Points (12%)
7503 Points (12%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
99467 MIPS (57%)
57307 MIPS (33%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
5340 MIPS (64%)
5333 MIPS (64%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
168 fps (59%)
115 fps (40%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
265 fps (61%)
269.5 fps (62%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
15.8 fps (28%)
15.4 fps (27%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
2.3 GB/s (0%)
1.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
3.6 GB/s (62%)
2 GB/s (34%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
10.8 GB/s (28%)
11.4 GB/s (30%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
125.8 Seconds (1%)
181.4 Seconds (1%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.5 sec (11%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 13739     avg: 13815     median: 13814.5 (29%)     max: 13890 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.2 s (2%)
9.4 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
19.8 s (1%)
20.5 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
512 s (2%)
531 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 68137     avg: 68140     median: 68139.5 (60%)     max: 68142 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
21016 Points (57%)
min: 18222     avg: 18284     median: 18283.5 (49%)     max: 18345 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
68726 Points (56%)
min: 79765     avg: 80527     median: 80526.5 (65%)     max: 81288 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
68471 Points (56%)
min: 79983     avg: 80252     median: 80252 (65%)     max: 80521 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
69542 Points (59%)
min: 83056     avg: 83138     median: 83137.5 (70%)     max: 83219 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
17927 Points (45%)
min: 15953     avg: 16379     median: 16378.5 (41%)     max: 16804 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
32004 Points (57%)
min: 23423     avg: 23951     median: 23951 (43%)     max: 24479 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
12404 Points (52%)
min: 9909     avg: 9944     median: 9943.5 (42%)     max: 9978 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1306 Points (55%)
1304 Points (55%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
12363 Points (22%)
8960 Points (16%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1315 Points (6%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
12976 Points (41%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
5749 Points (57%)
5799 Points (58%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
48962 Points (55%)
34757 Points (39%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
706 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
239 Points (50%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
198.8 Watt (34%)
170.3 Watt (29%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
219.5 Watt (40%)
171.6 Watt (31%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
18.2 Points per Watt (14%)
12.2 Points per Watt (9%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 3950X → 100% n=36

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 3700X → 88% n=36

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