AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Ryzen 9 5950X
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We compared two 16-core desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D against the 3.4 GHz Ryzen 9 5950X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Around 35.52 GB/s (74%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- 32% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3003 vs 2276 points
- 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- More than 6Β° C higher critical temperature
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 464 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 5693 |
Cinebench Scores (26th and 76th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1550 MB/sec | 1120 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 228.7 Klines/sec | 147.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 353.4 pages/sec | 224.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 482.7 Mpixels/sec | 372.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 303.7 pages/sec | 222.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 68.3 images/sec | 28.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 117.9 images/sec | 85 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 54.7 Mpixels/sec | 38.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 213.3 GOps/sec | 183.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 130.1 GOps/sec | 100.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 492M Primes/sec | 223M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 93.2M Strings/sec | 64.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 47 GBytes/sec | 39.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 783.2 MBytes/sec | 622.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 5047 Frames/sec | 1854 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 58.4B Matrices/sec | 40.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 16.7 PPW | 13.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 158.7 PPW | 121.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 519.2 PPW | 431 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 4.5 PPW | 3.94 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-02-03 (TheDude) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 1803 |
| π 2025-08-23 (HermesGrey) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2723 / 17081 |
| π 2025-06-28 (JenXay) | Cinebench 2024 | 117 / 2062 |
| π 2025-06-08 (Jacob Newman) | Cinebench 2024 | 113 / 1958 |
| π 2025-02-19 (Ph1ps) | Cinebench 2024 | 111 / 2735 |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-12 (stream pc) | Cinebench 2026 | 456 / 4979 |
| π 2026-06-30 (DDD) | Cinebench 2026 | 464 / 5693 |
| π 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2259 / 12745 |
| π 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass) | Cinebench 2024 | 99 / 1448 |
| π 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y) | Cinebench 2024 | 97 / 1451 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 5950XGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | January 4, 2023 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Raphael) | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Model number | 7950X3D | - |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core i9 13900K | - Intel Core i9 11900K |
| Successor | - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (12th and 51st place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 16 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 32 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.7 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 42x | 34x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 128MB (shared) | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 13.1 billions | 4.15 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 120 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 162 W | 142 W |
| Socket | AM5 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 89Β°C | 95Β°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (23rd and 72nd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 400 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 128 | - |
| TMUs | 8 | - |
| ROPs | 4 | - |
| Execution Units | 2 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5200 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 83.2 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D official page | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
Cast your vote
Total votes: 22