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Prices and StockMSRP $549
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MSRP $549
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 3950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 346 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 9 3950X.
Advantages of Ryzen 9 3950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 32 vs 24 threads
Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 16% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Ryzen 9 3950X - 472 vs 406 FPS
- Up to 54% cheaper than Ryzen 9 3950X - CA$368.00 vs CA$795.00
- Up to 60% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Ryzen 9 3950X - CA$0.78 vs CA$1.96 per FPS
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor, without Cooler
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Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
472
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$0.78/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$368
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-thread unlocked desktop processor without cooler
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 9 3950X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 3950X | vs | Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25th, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Matisse | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 12 |
32 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Ryzen 9 3950X or Ryzen 9 5900X
With selected game settings
366 FPS
CA$15.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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280 FPS
CA$8.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 4 TB HDD
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364 FPS
CA$10.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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CA$3,999
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