AMD Unveils Ryzen 9 3950X CPU as World's Most Powerful 16-Core Desktop Processor | Linux Today

AMD Unveils Ryzen 9 3950X CPU as World’s Most Powerful 16-Core Desktop Processor

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Marius Nestor
Nov 7, 2019

Part of the AMD Ryzen 9 Threadripper desktop processors family, the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X CPU is here as world’s most powerful 16-core desktop processor, delivering unparalleled gaming and 3D performances that AMD claims to even outperform Intel’s Core i9-9920X desktop processor with up to 2.34 times more performance per watt. Featuring 16 cores and 32 threads, the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X processor comes with base clock of 3.5GHz that can be overclocked at up to 4.7GHz. As far as memory goes, the CPU features 2 DDR4 memory channels running at 3200MHz and comes with 1MB L1 cache, 8MB L2 cache, and 64MB L3 cache.

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Marius Nestor

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