CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

CORE STATE Matisse

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.5 Base / 4.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB

MAX TDP 105W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 2

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2019

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i

Intel

INTEL

Core i9-7940X

CORE STATE Skylake-X

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 28 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.1 Base / 4.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 19.25 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 165W

ARCHITECTURE Skylake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

9,338

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,436

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

2,795

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

5,299

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

10,719

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

726

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,305

2,194

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

466

309

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

13,773

9,142

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,944

1,290

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

32,793

21,769

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,629

3,073

geekbench_multicore

10,705

10,516

geekbench_singlecore

1,725

1,445

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 3950X

i9-7940X

Core Specs

Cores

16

14 -12.5%

Threads

32

28 -12.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.5

3.1 -11.4%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.7

4.4 -6.4%

Frequency (GHz)

3.5

3.1 -11.4%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.7

4.4 -6.4%

Multiplier

35

31 -11.4%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

1 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB

19.25 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

105

165 +57.1%

PPT

142 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 2

Skylake

Codename

Matisse

Skylake-X

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Core i9 (X-Series 7th Gen)

Process Size

7 nm

14 nm

Transistors

7,600 million

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Die Size

2x 74 mm²

484 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

85.3 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel Socket 2066

Chipsets

A300, X300, A320, B350, X370, B450, X470, A520, B550, X570

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PCIe

Gen 4, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 44 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

12 nm

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Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$749

$1399

Part Number

100-000000051100-100000051WOF

SR3RQ

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA2066

Bundled Cooler

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None

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