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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 AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 32 vs 24 threads

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 13% better in Starfield than Ryzen 9 3950X - 71 vs 63 FPS
  • Up to 29% cheaper than Ryzen 9 3950X - €499.00 vs €699.90
  • Up to 37% better value when playing Starfield than Ryzen 9 3950X - €7.03 vs €11.11 per FPS
This is a free version of Starfield.
Starfield

Starfield

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Logo
Ryzen 9 3950X

Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019


FPS

63

89%

Value, €/FPS

€11.11/FPS

63%

Price, €

€699.9

71%

AMD Ryzen 9 3950x Retail (AM4/16 Core/4,70 GHz/70 MB/105 W) 100-100000051WOF Silber

Buy for 699.9 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 166 minutes ago

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

71

100%

Value, €/FPS

€7.03/FPS

100%

Price, €

€499

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Aufrüst-Kit Bundle Ryzen 9 5900X 12x 3.7 GHz Prozessor, 32 GB DDR4, MSI B550-A Pro Mainboard, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 (Komplett fertig zusammengebaut inkl. Bios Update und Funktionskontrolle)

Buy for 499 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 166 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Logo
Ryzen 9 3950X

Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Logo
Ryzen 9 3950X

Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019


Single-Core

1704

78%

Multi-Core

10696

90%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Logo

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Nov 25th, 2019Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 9CollectionRyzen 9
MatisseCodenameVermeer
AMD Socket AM4SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
16
Cores12
32
Threads24
3.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.7 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
105 WTDP105 W
7 nmProcess Size7 nm
35.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

PC Builds Using Ryzen 9 3950X or Ryzen 9 5900X

Starfield, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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