Ryzen 9 3950X vs Opteron 146

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 146 and Ryzen 9 3950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3190	206
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	18.03
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiency	0.23	21.98
Architecture codename	SledgeHammer (2003−2005)	Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release date	September 2003 (21 year ago)	14 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$60	$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Opteron 146 and Ryzen 9 3950X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	1 (Single-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	1	32
Base clock speed	no data	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	4.7 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	64 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	7 nm, 12 nm
Die size	193 mm2	2 x 72 mm + 125 mm (IO-Die) mm2
Number of transistors	106 million	19,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 146 and Ryzen 9 3950X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	940	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 146 and Ryzen 9 3950X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 146 and Ryzen 9 3950X are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 146 and Ryzen 9 3950X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.22	24.39
Physical cores	1	16
Threads	1	32
Chip lithography	130 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	105 Watt

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