Ryzen 9 9950X: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 9950X provides outstanding benchmark performance at 41.78% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started Ryzen 9 9950X sales 15 August 2024 at a recommended price of $649. 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 the ranking | 59 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 61.81 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 23.26 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Granite Ridge (2024) | |
| Release date | 15 August 2024 (less than a year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
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 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 5.7 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 64 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 2x 70.6 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H) |
| Number of transistors | 16,630 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
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 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | AM5 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
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.
| Instruction set extensions | SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Precision Boost 2 | + |
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 9655P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 9 9950X. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Blender(-)
Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core
7-Zip Single
7-Zip
WebXPRT 3
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 9 9950X is Core Ultra 9 285K, which is faster by 4% and higher by 9 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Ryzen 9 9950X, according to our PC configuration statistics.
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