AMD Ryzen 9 3950X - CPU Specs

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
AMD Ryzen 3000
Family
Ryzen
Form Factor
Desktops / Boxed Processor
Generation
3
Name
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Predecessor
—
Segment
Desktop / Server
Series
Ryzen 3000 Series
Successor
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
16
CPU Threads
32
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Max. Boost Clock
4.7 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.7 GHz
Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
4 GHz

Internal Graphics

GPU name
None

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
JPEG
No
VC-1
No
VP8
No
VP9
No

Memory & PCIe

ECC
Yes
Max. Memory
128 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4
PCIe
PCIe 4.0
PCIe lanes
20
PCIe version
4.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Default TDP
105 W
Maximum Operating Temperature
95 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
105 W
TDP (PL2)
142 W
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

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

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

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 11

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows	347.032225 samples/min Submissions: 45
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Linux	463.472754 samples/min Submissions: 5
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows	343.483159 samples/min Submissions: 17
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Linux	377.646335 samples/min Submissions: 7
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows	329.549583 samples/min Submissions: 26
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux	385.410161 samples/min Submissions: 6
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows	320.687592 samples/min Submissions: 20
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows	323.132971 samples/min Submissions: 17
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	349.707646 samples/min Submissions: 43
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux	391.034217 samples/min Submissions: 5
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	356.232453 samples/min Submissions: 7

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

Result	Reported conditions
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.

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

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

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1382

Intel Core i9-10900K

1382

Intel Core i9-10900KF

All the benchmark results

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

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

28051

Intel Xeon W-3275M

27401

Intel Xeon Gold 6132

All the benchmark results

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

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

539

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

539

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

All the benchmark results

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

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

9723

Intel Xeon W-3265

9723

Intel Xeon W-3265M

All the benchmark results

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

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

219

Intel Core i7-8086K

219

Intel Core i9-9900K

All the benchmark results

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

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

4068

AMD Epyc 7601

4002

Intel Xeon Platinum 8168

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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

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1336

Apple A13 Bionic

1335

Intel Core i7-8086K

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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

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

15679

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

14740

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

All the benchmark results

Monero Hashrate kH/s

Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed

Higher values are better in this metric.

19.5 kH/s

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

27.75 kH/s

AMD Epyc 7502

24 kH/s

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

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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.

85.4 s

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

74.9 s

Intel Core i9-10980XE

75.3 s

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

34024

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

34600

Intel Xeon Gold 6142M

34215

Intel Xeon W-3175X

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

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