Ryzen 9 3950X reviews are live!

thebluebumblebee · Nov 14, 2019

.... and it's a stud.

(with some product placement mockery thrown in)

TheLostSwede · Nov 14, 2019

Some text based reviews, but I guess no-one cares to read any more so...
Sweclockers are testing with PBO and compares air vs liquid cooling as well.

The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Review: 16 Cores on 7nm with PCIe 4.0

www.anandtech.com

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Review | bit-tech.net

16 cores, the fastest boost speed... high-end desktop performance on Socket AM4? Let's see if the Ryzen 9 3950X was worth waiting for.

bit-tech.net

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Review: 16 Cores Muscles Into the Mainstream

Turn the dial up to 16

www.tomshardware.com

AMD Ryzen 3000 – Part VIII – AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9 10980XE

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Putem spune orice despre AMD, dar cu siguranta nu putem afirma ca nu stiu sa lanseze produse, cel mai bun exemplu fiind, de altfel, produsul care se lanseaza astazi. Asa cu…

lab501.ro

主流最強！AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 處理器測試報告 / 16 核心虐翻主流

AMD 第 3 代 Ryzen 處理器憑著 7nm 製程與 Zen2 架構優化，再精進 Chiplet 設計的 CCD 與 cIOD 晶片，讓主流 AM4 腳位的 Ryzen 處理器，可有著最高 16 核心的「Ryzen 9 3950X」處理器，得以在 X570 平台中推出，這也讓主流平台的核心數暴增，而在 11/25 號正式販售前，就先來揭曉 3950X 驚人的多核效能，甚至可與 2 年前的 18 核心處理器相互較勁。 TR 下放主流推至 16 核心 Ryzen 9 3950X 就不花太多時間講這代 Ryzen 的 7nm、Zen2 與 Chiplet 等技術，但從之前 2...

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X – Zen 2 med 16 kärnor i konsumentklassen - Test

Med hela 16 kärnor och 32 trådar rundas Ryzen 3000-serien av med Ryzen 9 3950X, som befäster AMD:s position i prestandatoppen.

www.sweclockers.com

GoldenX · Nov 14, 2019

Guru3D is also out.
I prefer text, I can skip what I don't care about.

phanbuey · Nov 14, 2019

tons of coars.

Definitely a specialist chip.

Zach_01 · Nov 14, 2019

What really has impressed me is the wattage of this monster of CPU. Has shown what the 7nm is really capable of and that we are just at the beginning. 25~30% more all core performance at the same power draw compared to 3900X.
Also points out that the rest of us have the bottom of the barel silicon (well we knew that already)... and why 3950X is so late after 3000series launch
Its Theadripper/EPYC time now...

Deleted member 158293 · Nov 14, 2019

The low cost, low power Home Server CPU King has entered the arena.

Very impressive indeed what AMD achieved on their AM4 platform.

kapone32 · Nov 14, 2019

Well it looks like the more cores the higher the clock speed (well boost anyway) on Ryzen. If that does translate I expect the TR4 chips to be able to boost to 5.0 or so hopefully. But seriously this is a nice killer chip.

Zach_01 · Nov 14, 2019

kapone32 said:
Well it looks like the more cores the higher the clock speed (well boost anyway) on Ryzen. If that does translate I expect the TR4 chips to be able to boost to 5.0 or so hopefully. But seriously this is a nice killer chip.

I dont think this is a correlation. Chiplet design is all same from top to bottom. Its just better binning, and product segmentation. The 5GHz single boost is unlikely for TR40 IMHO.

kapone32 · Nov 14, 2019

Zach_01 said:
I dont think this is a correlation. Chiplet design is all same from top to bottom. Its just better binning, and product segmentation. The 5GHz single boost is unlikely for TR4 IMHO.

If AMD does keep the promise of the top 5% binned chips going into TR4 they might. However I was using my heart (as it is already mentioned that the 3950X also qualifies for the previous statement) instead of head to make that statement so you are essentially right.

EarthDog · Nov 14, 2019

TheLostSwede said:
Some text based reviews, but I guess no-one cares to read any more so...
Sweclockers are testing with PBO and compares air vs liquid cooling as well.

looking at a few reviews, boost clocks are all over the place. GN doesnt come close and Tom's is spot on...

No tpu review.....interesting.....

Edit: anand was 4.45ghz... yikes.

Zach_01 · Nov 14, 2019

kapone32 said:
If AMD does keep the promise of the top 5% binned chips going into TR4 they might.

I believe they are going to keep it and even better. But they are going to use it for keeping TDP under control and not stress the silicon for the speed hunt. They dont need that for a platform ment primarily for workstation puproses

thesmokingman · Nov 14, 2019

Zach_01 said:
and why 3950X is so late after 3000series launch
Its Theadripper/EPYC time now...

"We are focusing on meeting the strong demand for our 3rd generation AMD Ryzen processors in the market and now plan to launch both the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and initial members of the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor family in volume this November. We are confident that when enthusiasts get their hands on the world’s first 16-core mainstream desktop processor and our next-generation of high-end desktop processors, the wait will be well worth it."

Also keep in mind during that time demand for the 3900x was thru the roof. What's hilarious now are all the conspiracy theories about how the 3950x suffered from poor clocks, smh.

kapone32 · Nov 14, 2019

Zach_01 said:
I believe they are going to keep it and even better. But they are going to use it for keeping TDP under control and not stress the silicon for the speed hunt. They dont need that for a platform ment primarily for workstation puproses

Indeed the next iteration is strictly for workstations. The only game that I can think of that will benefit from all of those cores may be AOTS. I guess that it because I am on X399 that I would love AMD to release a 7NM chip for X399 but we would probably have to have a 2 million signature petition (I doubt that many people even own X399 systems) to make that happen.

Zach_01 · Nov 14, 2019

kapone32 said:
I guess that it because I am on X399 that I would love AMD to release a 7NM chip for X399 but we would probably have to have a 2 million signature petition (I doubt that many people even own X399 systems) to make that happen.

While the package output and socket it self of the 3000series Threadripper is identical (physical connection) to previous there is a quiet large re-arrangement of the pins because of the PCI-E lanes increase. This cant be compatible in any way.

thesmokingman · Nov 14, 2019

Forbes is all over the 3950x.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Review: A Shockingly Fast, Brilliant Processor

AMD's 16-core flagship finally arrives and it's absolutely amazing

www.forbes.com

kapone32 · Nov 14, 2019

Zach_01 said:
While the package output and socket it self of the 3000series Threadripper is identical (physical connection) to previous there is a quiet large re-arrangement of the pins because of the PCI-E lanes increase. This cant be compatible in any way.

I know what you are saying. I do think it is entirely possible for AMD to use the current pin layout to get a 7nm processor to run. I could honestly care less about PCI_E 4.0.

phanbuey · Nov 14, 2019

AMD stock going bananas

thesmokingman · Nov 14, 2019

phanbuey said:
AMD stock going bananas

It's the day traders sweetheart!

phanbuey · Nov 14, 2019

thesmokingman said:
It's the day traders sweetheart!

The all want moar coars

thebluebumblebee · Nov 14, 2019

Conclusion: We win! :toast:

Thanks for adding those links @TheLostSwede

Durvelle27 · Nov 14, 2019

It’s a beast

Solaris17 · Nov 14, 2019

TheLostSwede said:
Some text based reviews, but I guess no-one cares to read any more so...
Sweclockers are testing with PBO and compares air vs liquid cooling as well.

The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Review: 16 Cores on 7nm with PCIe 4.0

www.anandtech.com

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Review | bit-tech.net

16 cores, the fastest boost speed... high-end desktop performance on Socket AM4? Let's see if the Ryzen 9 3950X was worth waiting for.

bit-tech.net

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Review: 16 Cores Muscles Into the Mainstream

Turn the dial up to 16

www.tomshardware.com

AMD Ryzen 3000 – Part VIII – AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9 10980XE

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Putem spune orice despre AMD, dar cu siguranta nu putem afirma ca nu stiu sa lanseze produse, cel mai bun exemplu fiind, de altfel, produsul care se lanseaza astazi. Asa cu…

lab501.ro

主流最強！AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 處理器測試報告 / 16 核心虐翻主流

AMD 第 3 代 Ryzen 處理器憑著 7nm 製程與 Zen2 架構優化，再精進 Chiplet 設計的 CCD 與 cIOD 晶片，讓主流 AM4 腳位的 Ryzen 處理器，可有著最高 16 核心的「Ryzen 9 3950X」處理器，得以在 X570 平台中推出，這也讓主流平台的核心數暴增，而在 11/25 號正式販售前，就先來揭曉 3950X 驚人的多核效能，甚至可與 2 年前的 18 核心處理器相互較勁。 TR 下放主流推至 16 核心 Ryzen 9 3950X 就不花太多時間講這代 Ryzen 的 7nm、Zen2 與 Chiplet 等技術，但從之前 2...

news.xfastest.com

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X – Zen 2 med 16 kärnor i konsumentklassen - Test

Med hela 16 kärnor och 32 trådar rundas Ryzen 3000-serien av med Ryzen 9 3950X, som befäster AMD:s position i prestandatoppen.

www.sweclockers.com

I do. I hate youtube personalities. Thank you for this.

W1zzard · Nov 14, 2019

EarthDog said:
No tpu review.....interesting.....

yeah .. not enough samples apparently

IceShroom · Nov 14, 2019

kapone32 said:
I know what you are saying. I do think it is entirely possible for AMD to use the current pin layout to get a 7nm processor to run. I could honestly care less about PCI_E 4.0.

1st and 2nd gen Threadripper has 60 PCI-e lane useable for user, splitting into 48 for general purpose and 12 for M.2. New 3rd gen has 56 PCI-e lane useabe for users, splitting into 48 for general purpose and 8 for M.2.
So if some one puts 3rd gen on X399 atleast 1 M.2 will be unusable or a PCI-e slot depending how it is routed in board layout.
And this will creat confusion among users.

thesmokingman · Nov 14, 2019

The biggest whopper for is that the 3950x does all that and barely consumes more power than the 3900x. And it actually runs slightly cooler. What freaking black magic is this!? Apparently it is easier to cool then you would think. And its power management is incredibly smart which is why it doesn't draw hardly more power than the 3900x.

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