Athlon MP 1900+ vs Ryzen 9 3950X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 3950X and Athlon MP 1900+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking206not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.03no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 9AMD Athlon MP
Power efficiency21.98no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)K7 (2000−2004)
Release date14 November 2019 (5 years ago)12 December 2001 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799$319

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 3950X and Athlon MP 1900+ 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads321
Base clock speed3.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data266 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache96K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)256 KB
L3 cache64 MBno data
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm180 nm
Die size2 x 72 mm + 125 mm (IO-Die) mm2128 mm2
Number of transistors19,200 million38 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 3950X and Athlon MP 1900+ 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt66 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 3950X and Athlon MP 1900+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 3950X and Athlon MP 1900+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 3950X and Athlon MP 1900+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelno data
Maximum memory size128 GB4 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 November 2019 12 December 2001
Physical cores 16 1
Threads 32 1
Chip lithography 7 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 66 Watt

Ryzen 9 3950X has an age advantage of 17 years, 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon MP 1900+, on the other hand, has 59.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 9 3950X and Athlon MP 1900+. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 9 3950X is a desktop processor while Athlon MP 1900+ is a server/workstation one.


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