AMD is back with the 16-core Ryzen 3000 CPU... just how good is it? The wait is over for AMD’s eagerly anticipated 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X processor. Slotting into the AM4 socket, the Ryzen 9 3950X represents a change in the level of performance now available to users on a mainstream platform.

Just a few short months ago, core counts and performance promises of this magnitude would have necessitated AMD’s or Intel’s High-End Desktop (HEDT) platforms. Roll the clock forward to today, and that is no longer the case.