Ryzen 9 9950X: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Ryzen 9 9950X sales on July 2024. Based on a Granite Ridge architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 4 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 5700 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM5 processor with a TDP of 170 Watt. It supports DDR5 memory.
Primary details
Ryzen 9 9950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Granite Ridge | |
| Release date | July 2024 (recently) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 32 | |
| Base clock speed | 4.3 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 5.7 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 64 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 2x 69 mm2 | |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 9950X compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | AM5 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 9950X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 9950X's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 9 9950X.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Graphics |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Ryzen 9 9950X, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Ryzen 9 9950X in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 3 configurations using Ryzen 9 9950X in our database.
