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Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 9 5950X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 9 5950X is ahead of the Ryzen 7 3700X on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 141%, including 141% in Cinebench R23 multi (29,441 vs 12,195).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 7 3700X and the Ryzen 9 5950X. Released 2019 (Ryzen 7 3700X), 2020 (Ryzen 9 5950X). MSRP range: $329 · $799. 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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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 7 3700XRyzen 9 5950X
cores 816
threads 1632
base clock ghz 3.63.4
boost clock ghz 4.44.9
tdp w 65105
l3 cache mb 3264
process nm 7—
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 Gamers Nexus, TechPowerUp, CGDirector, Geekbench Browser, technical.city, CpuTronic, HardwareDB, PassMark and NumberWorld; 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 7 3700XRyzen 9 5950X
7-Zip Compression (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 78,000 MIPS—
Adobe Photoshop (Puget) (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 7,000 points—
Adobe Premiere (Puget) (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 6,613 points—
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, CGDirector		 12,195 points29,441 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, CGDirector		 1,345 points1,757 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser, technical.city, CpuTronic, HardwareDB		 9,145 points12,237 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: technical.city, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB		 1,740 points2,195 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 22,401 points40,345 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,654 points—
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,654 points—
PassMark single-thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,654 points—
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: NumberWorld		 —27

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Ryzen 7 3700X

No verified AI inference results on file. See the Ryzen 7 3700X benchmark page →

Ryzen 9 5950X

All Ryzen 9 5950X AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 7 3700X or the Ryzen 9 5950X?

The Ryzen 9 5950X is ahead of the Ryzen 7 3700X on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 141%, including 141% in Cinebench R23 multi (29,441 vs 12,195).

What did the Ryzen 7 3700X and the Ryzen 9 5950X cost at launch?

The Ryzen 7 3700X launched at a $329 MSRP and the Ryzen 9 5950X at $799. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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