The tests are not direct system comparisons: the 3950X is paired with an RTX 2080 Ti and 16GB of dual-channel DDR4 memory at 3200MHz while the i9-10980XE relies on an RTX 2070 and 32GB of quad-channel memory at 2666MHz. However, when looking just at the CPU-focused Physics score of the Fire Strike test, the Ryzen 9 3950X outperforms the 10980XE by about 24 percent (32,082 vs. 25,838) despite its core count disadvantage.Overall, we shouldn't read too much into this yet as this isn't exactly an apples-to-apples comparison: both systems used very different hardware. The samples used may have been pre-production chips and final drivers may result in higher performance. Furthermore, the AMD rig used a gaming setup whereas the Intel chip was housed in more of a workstation configuration.
The Ryzen 9 3950X is expected next month, as well as the Ryzen Threadripper 3000 platform.
Via: PC Perspective