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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900H. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2019-07-07
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
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2020-03-16
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AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 3950X or AMD Ryzen 9 4900H? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X has a base frequency of 3.5 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2019-07-07.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has a base frequency of 3.3 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 35-54 W. Released in 2020-03-16.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    34 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.5 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • More number of cores

    8 more cores

    16 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 7% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.7 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    120 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    38 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    84 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    29 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    50 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    20 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    197 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    49 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    19 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    8 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    37 place
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    116 left arrow place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 4900H CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    143 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    134 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    109 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    130 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    90 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    142 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    241 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    200 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    120 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    39 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 4000H
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 3
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 3000 Series left arrow Ryzen 4000 Series
  • Successor
    AMD Ryzen 9 5950X left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.5 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.7 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.7 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    4 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 4 GHz
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
    None left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 8
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 1750 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow No turbo
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 8
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2020
  • Shader
    - left arrow 512
  • Technology
    - left arrow 7 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 4900H and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 left arrow PCIe 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and AMD Ryzen 9 4900H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    105 W left arrow 35-54 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 105 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    105 W left arrow 45 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    142 W left arrow -
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 35 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 54 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and AMD Ryzen 9 4900H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Renoir (Zen 2)
  • Codename
    Matisse left arrow Renoir
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L1-Cache
    1 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    64 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    100-100000051WOF left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000051 left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Release date
    2019-07-07 left arrow 2020-03-16
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow FP6
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    Cooler Not Included, Liquid Cooling Recommended left arrow -
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

More results: 3

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 17352.073573 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI)
Duration: 57.63 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and AMD Ryzen 9 4900H.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1371.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
1284.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

24050.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
11061.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

531.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
501.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

9148.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
4332.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

217.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
204.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

3897.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
1937.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1310.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
1225.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

14322.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
7911.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

85.400000
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
202.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

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