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AMD logo Ryzen 9 3950X
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AMD logo Ryzen 5 2600X

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X logo AMD Ryzen 5 2600X logo
General information Ryzen 9 3950X Ryzen 5 2600X
Launched Q4 2019 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM4 AM4
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Matisse Pinnacle Ridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.7 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 10.6 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 0 % 95 W 9.5 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 7 nm 41.7 % 12 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 64 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 16 × 512 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 4 × 16 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 3950X Ryzen 5 2600X
Overall Score 70773 0 % 54770 22.6 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 65 % 11 %
Benchmark Score 25089 0 % 8999 64.1 %
Single Thread Score 2683.4 0 % 2394.5 10.8 %
Encrypting Data 38193.2 MB/s 0 % 13153.4 MB/s 65.6 %
Compressing Data 571.2 MB/s 0 % 195 MB/s 65.9 %
String objects sorting 63708.3 thousand/s 0 % 23142 thousand/s 63.7 %
Prime numbers generation 181.2 millions/s 0 % 37.9 millions/s 79.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 133473 millions/s 0 % 47475.5 millions/s 64.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77669.7 millions/s 0 % 24210.8 millions/s 68.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 3950X, Ryzen 5 2600X.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 3950X Ryzen 5 2600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 164.9 FPS 117.4 FPS
High settings 263.9 FPS 187.8 FPS
Medium settings 329.8 FPS 234.7 FPS
Low settings 412.3 FPS 293.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 9 3950X Ryzen 5 2600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 175.1 FPS 147.0 FPS
High settings 280.2 FPS 235.2 FPS
Medium settings 350.3 FPS 294.0 FPS
Low settings 437.9 FPS 367.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.1 %
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