AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2019
Mar 2022
Manufacturer
AMD
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Cezanne
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
7 nm
Socket
AM4
AM4
Power Consumption
105 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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90 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
32
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
32
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
36x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,349
1,364
Cinebench R23
24,396
10,550
Geekbench 6
1,709
1,776
Geekbench 6
11,656
7,245
Cinebench 2024
72
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Cinebench 2024
1,325
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Passmark CPU
2,692
3,028
Passmark CPU
38,953
19,373
Geekbench 5
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1,424
Geekbench 5
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7,179
Blender
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166
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.