AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D with 6 cores 3.0GHz . 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

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.0GHz)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 10 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)

Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 64MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +2%

1349

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

1311

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +141%

24396

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

10086

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Vermeer

AM4

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

105 W

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

125 mm²

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

-

32

Performance Core Threads

-

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.0 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

30

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

96 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

4.0

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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