AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 24 more threads: 32 vs 8
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.7 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2705 vs 2154
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 38806 vs 8508
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Nov 2019 vs 10 May 2018
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 32 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.7 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
L1 cache 1 MB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2705 vs 2154
PassMark - CPU mark 38806 vs 8508

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

  • Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2705
2154
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
38806
8508
Name AMD Ryzen 9 3950X AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G
PassMark - Single thread mark 2705 2154
PassMark - CPU mark 38806 8508
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1296
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 14150
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 10804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 393.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 208.928
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1858
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1994
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1858
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1994
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5566

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Raven Ridge
Launch date 25 Nov 2019 10 May 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $749
OPN PIB 100-100000051WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000051 YD240BC5M4MFB
Place in performance rating 593 243
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 64 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm FinFET
Maximum frequency 4.7 GHz 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 16 4
Number of threads 32 8
Unlocked
Compute Cores 15
Die size 210 mm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Number of GPU cores 11
Transistor count 4950 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 46-65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Wraith Stealth

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1250 MHz
iGPU core count 11
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 11 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)