AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Pentium 4405U

Let's find out which one of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Pentium 4405U is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Pentium 4405U
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Pentium
• Generation
  3 6
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 Intel Pentium 4000
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 9 5950X --

In this block we are going to compare AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Pentium 4405U by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 2.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  16 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.70 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  32 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Pentium 4405U along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics 510
• GPU frequency
  -- 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.95 GHz
• Execution units
  -- 12
• Shader
  -- 96
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 32 GB
• Max. displays
  -- 3
• Generation
  -- 9
• DirectX Version
  -- 12.0
• Technology
  -- 14 nm
• Release date
  -- Q1/2015

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Pentium 4405U. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode

To choose the best model between AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Pentium 4405U you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-2133
• Max. Memory
  128 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  4.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  20 10

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Pentium 4405U.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Ryzen 9 3950X or Intel Pentium 4405U? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  105 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  142 W --
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Pentium 4405U CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Skylake U
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  AM4 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2015

List of devices based on AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Pentium 4405U.

• Used in
  Memory PC High End Gaming PC AMD Ryzen 9 3950XKiebel Gamer-PC Loki [184903] Unknown