AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 170W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 11 months late

Integrated graphics card

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (73.4GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1166

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +76%

2059

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6717

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +468%

38165

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1650

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +85%

3068

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +228%

21409

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Aug 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

-

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

230 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

16

-

Performance Core Threads

32

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.5 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

6

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

45x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

73.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

4

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

28

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