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Is the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 16 Cores and 32 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: AM4
Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.7 GHz
Cores: 16 Threads: 32
Typical TDP: 105 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 16 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 64 MB
Other names: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 79.55
Overall Rank:
261st fastest in multithreading out of 5057 CPUs
751st fastest in single threading out of 5057 CPUs
73rd fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $485.95 USD (2025-01-01)
| Integer Math | 133,288 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 77,975 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 179 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 63,474 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 37,943 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 588,171 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,627 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 36,630 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,705 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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 | $485.95 USD | Buy Now! |
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BOSGAME Mini Gaming PC,AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 16GB DDR5 512GB PCIe3.0 SSD Mini Desktop Computer,Radeon 680M Triple Output,Dual 2.5Gbps LAN,HDMI2.0/DP/USB4 |
$399.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,727 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,322 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,047 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 38,655 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,490 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,129 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,870 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,190 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,714 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,645 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,143 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 222.37 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 137.06 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 130.81 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.33 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 79.55 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | NA | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,142 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,018 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,922 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 2,705 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2538997 - Apr 08 2025 | 39423 | |
| BL2532840 - Apr 05 2025 | 39874 | |
| BL2532056 - Apr 04 2025 | 41630 | |
| BL2532036 - Apr 04 2025 | 41374 | |
| BL2529184 - Apr 03 2025 | 37777 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 38,655 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 32,601 (-15.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 30,685 (-20.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 34,490 (-10.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 45,482 (+17.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-14700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 41,913 (+8.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 32,574 (-15.7%) | |
| Intel Core i9-14900F vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 46,594 (+20.5%) | |
| Intel Core i9-14900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 45,876 (+18.7%) | |
| Intel Core i9-13900T vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 42,671 (+10.4%) | |
| Intel Core i9-12900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 33,860 (-12.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 54,796 (+41.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 48,537 (+25.6%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,464 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,183 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,343 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,856 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,613 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,514 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,296 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,821 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,699 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,524 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,448 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,435 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 3,316 |
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