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General information Ryzen 9 3950X Core i9-10980XE Core i9-9900KS
Launched Q4 2019 Q4 2019 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel Intel
Socket AM4 FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Matisse Cascade Lake-X Coffee Lake Refresh
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 14.3 % 4 GHz 14.3 %
Turbo Clock 4.7 GHz 2.1 % 4.8 GHz 0 % 5 GHz 4.2 %
Cores 16 0 % 18 12.5 % 8 50 %
Threads 32 0 % 36 12.5 % 16 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 17.3 % 165 W 29.9 % 127 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 256 GB 100 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 50 % 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 64 kB Data
18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 512 kB
18 × 1 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 4 × 16 MB
1 × 24.75 MB
1 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 3950X Core i9-10980XE Core i9-9900KS
Overall Score 70949 4.3 % 68052 0 % 59752 12.2 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 73 % 0 % 73 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 25339 18.2 % 21446 0 % 12747 40.6 %
Single Thread Score 2721.2 0 % 2632.4 3.3 % 3017.7 10.9 %
Encrypting Data 38309.3 MB/s 197.8 % 12863.5 MB/s 0 % 7067.3 MB/s 45.1 %
Compressing Data 576.4 MB/s 4.6 % 551.2 MB/s 0 % 289.2 MB/s 47.5 %
String objects sorting 63497.7 thousand/s 0 % 69956.5 thousand/s 10.2 % 39141 thousand/s 38.4 %
Prime numbers generation 183.2 millions/s 54.8 % 118.4 millions/s 0 % 51.5 millions/s 56.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 133472 millions/s 4.8 % 127416 millions/s 0 % 69479.9 millions/s 45.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77975.9 millions/s 0 % 79332.8 millions/s 1.7 % 43468.4 millions/s 44.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 3950X, Core i9-10980XE, Core i9-9900KS.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 3950X Core i9-10980XE Core i9-9900KS
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 164.8 FPS 156.2 FPS 131.7 FPS
High settings 263.7 FPS 249.9 FPS 210.7 FPS
Medium settings 329.7 FPS 312.4 FPS 263.3 FPS
Low settings 412.1 FPS 390.5 FPS 329.1 FPS
Difference 5.5 % 0 % 15.7 %

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 Core i9-10980XE Core i9-9900KS
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 175.4 FPS 170.3 FPS 155.6 FPS
High settings 280.6 FPS 272.4 FPS 249.0 FPS
Medium settings 350.7 FPS 340.5 FPS 311.2 FPS
Low settings 438.4 FPS 425.6 FPS 389.0 FPS
Difference 3 % 0 % 8.6 %
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