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AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800
AMD Ryzen 7 5800
Released
Q3/2019
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 5800 or AMD Ryzen 9 3950X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 has a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2021.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 16 Cores. Power consumption of 105 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 5800
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    120 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 5800 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    85 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    104 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    141 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    182 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    36 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    153 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    102 place
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    57 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    16 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.70 GHz left arrow 4.60 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 3950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    160 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    45 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    115 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    35 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    71 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    24 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    272 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    105 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    19 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    10 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    179 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    65 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    8 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 AMD Ryzen 7 5800
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 7 3800X left arrow --
  • Successor
    -- left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.40 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 16
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.60 GHz left arrow 4.70 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and AMD Ryzen 7 5800. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    -- left arrow 142 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    32.00 MB left arrow 64.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q2/2021 left arrow Q3/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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