AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Last updated: 2023-11-03

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 3 2300X		AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
CPU comparison In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Ryzen 3 2300X and the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster. We compare the AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4 core processor released in Q3/2018 with the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2019.

AMD Ryzen 3 (33)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
AMD Ryzen 2000 (9)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)
2	Generation	3
Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)	Architecture	Matisse (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X	Predecessor	--
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X	Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 3 2300X is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (4.00 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X clocks with 3.50 GHz (4.70 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
4	Cores	16
4	Threads	32
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.50 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
4.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.70 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Ryzen 3 2300X, while the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s enabled.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
DDR4-2933	Memory	DDR4-3200
	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
46.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	64.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
20	PCIe lanes	20
19.7 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The AMD Ryzen 3 2300X has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is 105 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	105 W
--	TDP (PL2)	142 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 3 2300X has 10.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 12 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is at 64.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
12 nm	Technology	7 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2018	Release date	Q3/2019
--	Release price	650 $

show more data		show more data

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz (4.00 GHz) buy now on Amazon and save! AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz (4.70 GHz) buy now on Amazon and save!

Rate these processors

Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X (72%)

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X (23%)

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1028 (75%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.70 GHz	1371 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1012 (72%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.70 GHz	1408 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3097 (22%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	14322 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1180 (70%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.70 GHz	1697 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3279 (28%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	11830 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	7525 (19%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	39079 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.70 GHz	74 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.70 GHz	1325 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	24050 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.70 GHz	531 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	9148 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	384 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	85.4 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	523 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz	10761 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.70 GHz	217 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	3897 (100%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Unknown	Memory PC High End Gaming PC AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Kiebel Gamer-PC Loki [184903]

News and articles for the AMD Ryzen 3 2300X and the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

The evolution of AMD Ryzen processors

Posted by Stefan on 2022-09-06

The AMD Ryzen processors are designed for the mid to high-end range and are grouped into the Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 classes. AMD follows the market leader Intel, which groups its Core i series (Intel Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 and Core i9) identically.

The AMD Ryzen processors were first introduced by AMD in Q1 2017. They are the successor to the not particularly successful AMD Bulldozer processors. The latter were manufactured using an outdated manufacturing process and could not keep up with the competing products from Intel. AMD lost a large portion of its desktop processor market share during this period.

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs


1.		AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
2.		AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
3.		AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
4.		Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
5.		AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9-9900K
6.		AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
7.		AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
8.		AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
9.		Intel Core i9-10980XE vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
10.		AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X