AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 2600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 12nm)

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +22%

1331

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1090

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +219%

24018

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

7507

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +46%

1709

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1164

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +122%

11656

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5236

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +22%

1279

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1048

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +150%

14487

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5787

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +13%

2692

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

2370

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +178%

38953

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

13981

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

Apr 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Zen+

AM4

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

AM4

Socket

AM4

105 W

Power Consumption

95 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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