Comparison of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Attribute	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ×	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	AMD
Series	AMD Ryzen	AMD Ryzen
Model	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	16	12
Frequency (GHz)	3.4	3.8
CPU Threads	32	24
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.9	4.6
Turbo (12 Cores) (GHz)	-	4.2
Turbo (16 Cores) (GHz)	4.2	-
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Max. Memory (GB)	128	128
PCIe lanes	20	20
PCIe version	4.0	4.0
ECC	+	+
Memory channels	2	2
Technical details
Release date (year)	2020	2019
Technology (Nm)	7	7
Socket	AM4	AM4
Virtualization	amd-v sev	amd-v sev
L3-Cache (MB)	64	64
L2-Cache (MB)	8	6
Architecture	Vermeer (Zen 3)	Zen 2
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	95	95
TDP (PL2) (W)	142	142
TDP (PL1) (W)	105	105
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	46,021	31,947
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,657	1,285
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	16,942	12,128
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	277	214
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	4,569	3,168
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	647	521
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	10,428	7,178
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)	-	115.9
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)	1,639	1,342
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)	28,641	18,424