Several Ryzen 9 3950X performance figures have been seen on the Internet, but now it’s time to take a look at the second best chip in the AMD series, the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X.
The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is definitely the highlight of the Ryzen 3000 series product line, as the CPU is the flagship version, but will not be released until September. In a few weeks, the Ryzen 9 3900X, the first 12-core processor for conventional platforms and also unique in terms of performance and efficiency, will be launched on the market.
The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is a 12-core, 24-thread chip that belongs to the 7nm Zen 2 architecture. The chip has a 3.8 GHz base clock and a 4.6 GHz boost clock. There is 70 MB L3 cache, 40 PCIe 4.0 tracks (CPU + PCH) and a 105W TDP (derived from the base frequency). The CPU will be released on July 7 for about $499.
Intel, the rival to AMD, has no conventional chip with 12 cores, instead it has a HEDT chip to do the same. The Intel Core i9-9920X has 12 cores and 24 threads with 165W TDP. This chip has a 3.5 GHz base clock and a 4.4 GHz boost clock. The chip is available for $1,200 at retail, and since it is included in the HEDT X299 platform, the cost of building a PC around it is also higher than on the AMD X570 platform.
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is placed above the Intel Core i9-9980XE in Geekbench 4
The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X was seen at Geekbench 4 along with the X570 AORUS master motherboard and has exactly the same specifications except for the boost clock, which can be a reporting error in the Geekbench database. The chip runs on its standard clocks and publishes a score of 5905 points in single-core performance tests and 44849 points in multi-core performance tests.
For comparison, an Intel Core i9-9900K processor scores about 6100 points in multi-core testing with a single core and 31,000 points. The Intel Core i9-9980XE processor scores about 5300 points in a single core and about 42000 points in the multi-core performance test. Even the 16-wire Ryzen Threadripper 2950X achieves about 4,800 points in single-core tests and about 3,800 points in multi-core performance tests.
As a result, this processor competes incredibly with HEDT chips on the market and outperforms them with a brutal price difference.