AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9 9900X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2019
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
—
i9-9900X
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
105 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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92 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
10
Performance Core Threads
32
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
16
10
Total Thread Count
32
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
35x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,349
1,182
Cinebench R23
24,396
13,994
Geekbench 6
1,709
1,455
Geekbench 6
11,656
10,273
Cinebench 2024
72
—
Cinebench 2024
1,325
—
Passmark CPU
2,692
2,565
Passmark CPU
38,953
21,833
Geekbench 5
—
1,165
Geekbench 5
—
10,704
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.