AMD Ryzen 9 3950X beats pricier Intel Core i9-10980XE and Core i9-9980XE in Geekbench

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X beats pricier Intel Core i9-10980XE and Core i9-9980XE in Geekbench

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Ryzen 3950x 16 core costs $250 less than Intel's HEDT 9980XE 18 core part, but outperforms it. If you are buying a new system today there is ZERO reason to pick Intel anymore. Well done red team, *golf clap*.

And I put my money where my mouth is, I've already switched my system to Ryzen 3. This is going to be a difficult hurdle for Intel to overcome. I expect them to slash prices to remain competitive.
 
vjhawk said:
Ryzen 3950x 16 core costs $250 less than Intel's HEDT 9980XE 18 core part, but outperforms it. If you are buying a new system today there is ZERO reason to pick Intel anymore. Well done red team, *golf clap*.

And I put my money where my mouth is, I've already switched my system to Ryzen 3. This is going to be a difficult hurdle for Intel to overcome. I expect them to slash prices to remain competitive.
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They've already slashed prices on the cascade X and W-2020..

I expect more cuts as well. Sad day to be an Intel stock holder or "bag holder".
 
pendragon1 said:
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Wow. Hail to the new King of CPUs. It literally does everything well. And the things that it does great, it blows the barn doors off Intel. Not to mention it does all of this with an extremely good power efficiency. For a 16 core part to beat a 12 core part in both performance and power efficiency is just unreal. Bravo AMD!! The 3950x delivers the all-around performance title to AMD and as an added bonus does it for less money than any comparable part that Intel makes.
 
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vjhawk said:
Wow. Hail to the new King of CPUs. It literally does everything well. And the things that it does great, it blows the barn doors off Intel. Not to mention it does all of this with an extremely good power efficiency. For a 16 core part to beat a 12 core part in both performance and power efficiency is just unreal. Bravo AMD!! The 3950x delivers the all-around performance title to AMD and as an added bonus does it for less money than any comparable part that Intel makes.
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I expected it to be good, but not that good. Zen2 is crazy scalable... As process improves it will be glorious, plus Zen3 next year. TR3 is soon going to be like reversing up to finish off roadkill.
 
Ready4Dis said:
I read this one earlier, it specifically says with pcie 4.0, but they don't even mention it at all. If you want a 5000gb/s nvme... it's the cheapest way to get it :).
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I really didn't like that review. They didn't compare TDP between systems.
 
Not sure why I’m not impressed with 3950x.Have little use for all “them cores”.Bring on 7nm+ next year.

Amd keep cranking this shit out.Trippled my money in stock.
 
IdiotInCharge said:
*survival of halfassed VRMs not guaranteed
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Most reviews showed the 3950X consumed less power than the 3900X, if those VRM survived the 3900X I'm sure they can handle the 3950X ;)
I wonder however just how better the cherry picked cores are now compared to later this year / next year ? This could change the consumed power...
 
MMitch said:
Most reviews showed the 3950X consumed less power than the 3900X, if those VRM survived the 3900X I'm sure they can handle the 3950X ;)
I wonder however just how better the cherry picked cores are now compared to later this year / next year ? This could change the consumed power...
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Or what the sample variation is, and could be. Because the measurements now essentially show getting four more cores for no more power draw based entirely on what seems like binning.
 
IdiotInCharge said:
Or what the sample variation is, and could be. Because the measurements now essentially show getting four more cores for no more power draw based entirely on what seems like binning.
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Yeah, binning magic working hard here. If the demand is too high they might loosen the binning rules which would change the current reviews. Time will tell.
 
IdiotInCharge said:
Or what the sample variation is, and could be. Because the measurements now essentially show getting four more cores for no more power draw based entirely on what seems like binning.
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Yup. Top binning. Although I suspect (can't confirm yet, obviously) that this will carryover to the retail CPUs. My thinking all along is that they had to ensure they had enough of this top-binned silicon around (and process maturity) to sustain demand - especially given the problems they had meeting 3900X demand (took me two months to get my hands on one). That's why the launch was not only not in July, but didn't even meet the original September target.

Of course, I can't KNOW that for certain. But I think it's a fair guess. Combine that with slightly lower all-core boost (and base) clocks, and you get something at roundabout 3900X power draw with 4 more cores.
 
Can also say that, as impressive as the 3950X is, I'm not really all that pumped about it personally (I think it's awesome tech, though). I think that the 3900X is actually the sweet spot on price/performance for mixed use. the 3950X has a place in the market for the prosumer. No doubt! They'll sell. But would go 3900X again if buying today/when this thing actually shows up in stores. The $750 and up price brackets are just a little weird to me. Diminishing returns, really.
 
While the 3950x looks nice I am not sure it is worth it to upgrade my 3900x to it. I mean if I have extra cash sitting around burning a hole in my pocket maybe but the 3900c does just fine posting on Facebook and looking at meme's for now.
 
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