AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
• 20 more threads: 32 vs 12
• 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 12 nm
• Around 78% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2705 vs 2275
• 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 38803 vs 13509

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

• Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2705 2275
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	38803 13509

Compare specifications (specs)