AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Review - It’s OK, just too pricy

KitGuru has worked through the stack of AMD Zen 5 CPUs from 6-core Ryzen 5 to 8-core Ryzen 7 and onward to 12-core Ryzen 9. Today we are reviewing the big boy 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X, and if this CPU delivers on expectations you can be sure that Leo will lay down his cash with indecent haste. Read more here: https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/leo-waldock/amd-ryzen-9-9950x-review/

00:00 Start
00:43 Pricing and details
02:06 Quick test run / Curve Optimiser
03:32 Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
03:56 Geekbench 6 Multi Core
04:15 Cinebench R23 Multi core
04:30 Power Consumption
04:56 Cinebench R23 Multi Core Per Watt
05:40 CPU Temperature under full load
06:11 Cinebench R23 Single Core
06:38 Blender 4.2 Classroom test
06:58 7-Zip V24 Benchmark
07:12 AIDA 64 Memory Bandwidth
07:33 3DMark Time Spy
07:51 Gaming
11:25 Latencies and concerns
12:12 Closing Thoughts

2024 Zen 5 Granite Ridge Ryzen 9000, Socket AM5 on TSMC 4nm, I/O die is TSMC 6nm with DDR5. 80KB L1 per core, 1MB L2 per core, 28x lanes of PCIe Gen 5.
9950X Official MSRP is $649 = £610 inc VAT
9900X Official MSRP is $499 = £459 inc VAT
9700X Official MSRP is $359 = £340 inc VAT
9600X Official MSRP is $279 = £270 inc VAT

Test systems:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9000 and Ryzen 7000
Motherboard: MSI MEG X670E Ace
RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C30
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5000, 3000 and 2000
Motherboard: Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus
RAM: 32GB Corsair LPX DDR4-3600 C16 (DDR4-3200 for Ryzen 3000 and 2000)
CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K and i5-14600K
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Master X
RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C30

Shared parts for all test systems:
Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Gaming OC 16GB
CPU cooler: Phanteks Glacier One 360D30
SSD: 1TB Crucial T700
Power Supply: Seasonic Prime GX-1600 ATX 3.0

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