AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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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 ...]

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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: 75.56

Overall Rank:
362nd fastest in multithreading out of 5812 CPUs
989th fastest in single threading out of 5812 CPUs
98th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $509.13 USD (2026-02-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

38469

Single Thread Rating

2700

Samples: 3976*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 35,620
Thread: 2,985

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Integer Math	132,840 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	77,837 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	174 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	63,162 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	37,834 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	587,611 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,607 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	36,592 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,700 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of March 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

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	Thermaltake LCGS View 9580S-380XL Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen™ 9 9950X3D, ToughRam 32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RGB Memory, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5080, 2TB NVMe M.2, WiFi, Windows 11) VXLS-X870-580-LCS	$3899.99 (www.amazon.com)
	BEASTCOM Q5 Pro Gaming PC \| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12X 4,80GHz 24 Threads \| RTX 5060 8GB \| 16GB RAM \| 1TB NVMe SSD \| WiFi 5	$1449.90 (www.amazon.com)
	Beelink SER9 Pro AI Mini PC, AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370(80TOPS,12C/24T,5.1GHz), 32G LPDDR5X 8000MHz 1TB PCIe4.0 x4 SSD, AI PC AMD Radeon 890M NPU 50 AI Tops, Built-in MIC/Speakers/USB4/WiFi6/BT5.2/2.5G	$929.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Panorama XL RTX 5080, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB Gen4 SSD, 360mm Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC w/Windows 11 Pro, 3 Year Warranty, RGB Keyboard+Mouse, Internal WiFi 7, 3X DP, HDMI & RJ45	$3799.99 (www.amazon.com)
	Thermaltake LCGS View 9897X-270 Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D, 32GB 6400MT/s DDR5 RGB Memory, AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT, 2TB NVMe M.2, WiFi, Windows 11) V27B-B850-97X-LCS	$2699.99 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,419
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,257
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,937
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		38,469
Apple M4 10 Core		23,682
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,590
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.64
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		134.70
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.56
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.85
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		75.56
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		2,700
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3332131 - Mar 06 2026		34760
BL3331982 - Mar 06 2026		35339
BL3329014 - Mar 05 2026		39187
BL3328354 - Mar 05 2026		37402
BL3327833 - Mar 05 2026		37389

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		38,469
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		32,500 (-15.5%)
Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		41,156 (+7.0%)
Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		34,302 (-10.8%)
Intel Core i7-13700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		45,619 (+18.6%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		45,313 (+17.8%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		43,449 (+12.9%)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		39,975 (+3.9%)
Intel Core i7-13700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		37,987 (-1.3%)
Intel Core i7-13700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		36,169 (-6.0%)
Intel Core i7-12700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		29,963 (-22.1%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		38,937 (+1.2%)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		32,499 (-15.5%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,427
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,263
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,524
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,388
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,374
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,172
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,795
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,445
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X		3,281

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