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Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 1600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 308%, including 308% in Cinebench R23 multi (26,375 vs 6,468).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 1600 and the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 1600AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
cores 616
threads 1232
base clock ghz 3.23.5
boost clock ghz 3.64.7
tdp w 65105
memory bus Dual-channel—
l3 cache mb 1664
process nm 147
socket AMD Socket AM4AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from GadgetVersus, CGDirector, MakeUseOf, Notebookcheck, Electronic Clinic, TopCPU, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser, PassMark Software and numberworld.org; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 1600AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, MakeUseOf, Notebookcheck, Electronic Clinic		 6,468 points26,375 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, MakeUseOf, Notebookcheck, TopCPU		 895 points1,406 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: GadgetVersus, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser		 5,162 points11,367 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: GadgetVersus, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser		 1,081 points1,782 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 12,253 points38,432 points
PassMark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 —2,701 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 2,063 points—
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 2,064 points2,700 points
Y-cruncher 1B digits (lower is better)
Source: numberworld.org		 —29 seconds

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 1600 or the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X?

The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 1600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 308%, including 308% in Cinebench R23 multi (26,375 vs 6,468).

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