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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: 84.64
Overall Rank:
298th fastest in multithreading out of 5276 CPUs
840th fastest in single threading out of 5276 CPUs
81st fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $455.95 USD (2025-07-16)
| Integer Math | 133,119 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 77,916 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 177 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 63,358 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 37,911 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 588,042 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,619 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 36,619 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,704 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,610 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,007 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 38,590 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,423 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,860 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,497 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,153 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,701 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,658 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,148 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 229.62 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.89 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 152.98 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 138.35 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 135.05 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 84.64 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.16 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 45.50 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,609 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,014 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,899 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,920 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 2,704 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2771757 - Jul 17 2025 | 36039 | |
| BL2768556 - Jul 16 2025 | 36006 | |
| BL2766457 - Jul 15 2025 | 35398 | |
| BL2764410 - Jul 14 2025 | 38869 | |
| BL2763880 - Jul 14 2025 | 36834 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 38,590 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 32,546 (-15.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 32,577 (-15.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 30,595 (-20.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 34,423 (-10.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-13700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 45,895 (+18.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 45,432 (+17.7%) | |
| Intel Core i9-12900KS vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 43,722 (+13.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 39,996 (+3.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 31,935 (-17.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 39,007 (+1.1%) | |
| Intel Core i9-10920X @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 26,016 (-32.6%) | |
| Intel Core i9-14900F vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 47,082 (+22.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,410 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,145 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,282 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,835 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,564 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,476 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,275 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,799 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,790 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,615 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,530 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 3,303 |
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