AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
1453
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
1614
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
14804
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
26017
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
90
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
94
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
812
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
1464
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
3233
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
3469
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
28316
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
45479
Integer Math88.8 GOps/s186.1 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math50.1 GOps/s100.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search226 M primes/s229 M primes/s
Random String Sort33.8 M strings/s65.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption20.3 GB/s39.7 GB/s
Data Compression329.8 MB/s625.2 MB/s
Physics2887 frames/s1884 frames/s
Extended Instructions226 M matrices/s405 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
2113
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
11198
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
File Compression1240 MB/s1120 MB/s
Clang Compilation80.7 KLines/s147.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser227.7 pages/s224.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering316.9 MP/sec372.1 MP/sec
Text Processing205.9 pages/s222.5 pages/s
Background Blur54.7 frames/s28.4 frames/s
Photo Processing81.4 frames/s85 frames/s
Ray Tracing19.9 MP/sec38.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
212.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
413.83

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 106.6 PPW 121.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 269.7 PPW 433.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 7.7 PPW 13.9 PPW
Blender / W 2.02 PPW 3.94 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced March, 15, 2022 October, 8, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.5 GHz 4.9 GHz
General
Cores count816
Threads count1632
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier34x34x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache96 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 4.15 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 105 W 105 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 142 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Critical temp. 90 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- DDR4-2933
- DDR4-2667
DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 5950X the clear winner in this comparison.

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