Amount of CPU core or CPU core speed?

As I am about to have decide between the following CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (clock rate 3400 MHz, Turbo Mode 4900Mhz) (cost 150$ more ) or AMD Ryzen™ 9 3950X (clock rate 3500Mhz, Turbo Mode 4700Mhz)
I am unsure since they have a minor performance difference. According to google the performance of each thread of the 5950X is around 30% higher than the other modell. Each model have 16 cores.

Does it make any difference in terms of chia plotting? Or this is performance difference only noticable when gaming?

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It probably has a directly proportional effect on plot speed.

Overall you want to favor more cores vs. faster cores, but this is speed alone.

How much are you planning to plot?