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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: 79.54
Overall Rank:
269th fastest in multithreading out of 5104 CPUs
783rd fastest in single threading out of 5104 CPUs
76th fastest in out of 1444 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $485.95 USD (2025-01-01)
| Integer Math | 133,280 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 77,979 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 178 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 63,465 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 37,943 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 588,232 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,627 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 36,632 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,706 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 | 58,722 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,322 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,040 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 38,652 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,484 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,131 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,866 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,181 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,711 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 147.55 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 131.75 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.31 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 79.54 | |
| 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 3600 | 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 | 4,612 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,141 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,018 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,922 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 2,706 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2587725 - Apr 28 2025 [Excluded] | 22934 | |
| BL2587354 - Apr 28 2025 | 40477 | |
| BL2587315 - Apr 28 2025 | 40440 | |
| BL2585344 - Apr 27 2025 | 39519 | |
| BL2585057 - Apr 27 2025 | 39688 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 38,652 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 32,600 (-15.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 30,663 (-20.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 34,484 (-10.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 45,467 (+17.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 40,049 (+3.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 32,572 (-15.7%) | |
| Intel Core i9-14900F vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 46,824 (+21.1%) | |
| Intel Core i9-14900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 45,679 (+18.2%) | |
| Intel Core i9-13900T vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 42,725 (+10.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 48,540 (+25.6%) | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 41,322 (+6.9%) | |
| Intel Core i9-12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 41,053 (+6.2%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,361 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,167 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,844 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,609 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,513 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,290 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,813 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,688 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,534 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,425 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,295 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 3,314 |
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