AMD Ryzen™ 9 9950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
Original price was: $649.00.$599.00Current price is: $599.00.
Price: $649.00 - $599.00
(as of Dec 23, 2024 00:36:06 UTC – Details)
Welcome to the new era of performance. AMD Ryzen 9000 Series ushers in the speed of “Zen 5” for gamers and creators with pure power to tackle any game or workflow on the digital playground.
The best for creators meets the best for gamers, can deliver ultra-fast 100+ FPS performance in the world’s most popular games
16 Cores and 32 processing threads, based on AMD “Zen 5” architecture
5.7 GHz Max Boost, unlocked for overclocking, 80 MB cache, DDR5-5600 support
For the state-of-the-art Socket AM5 platform, can support PCIe 5.0 on select motherboards
Cooler not included, liquid cooler recommended
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Customers appreciate the computer processor’s speed and functionality. They find it performs well for gaming and parallel workloads, improving PC boot times. However, opinions differ on whether it offers good value for money.
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13 reviews for AMD Ryzen™ 9 9950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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Original price was: $649.00.$599.00Current price is: $599.00.
Peter Truchly –
Good CPU for adults
I did an upgrade with 9950x cpu, B650 board and 64GB CL30 kit. I am aircooling this with noctua NH D15SE AM4. Cinebench 2024 MT did 2256. My data processing use case improved only +50% from 5800x3D initially. I then assigned affinities manually to avoid overlap of each process to both CCDs, I also disabled SMT. I reached 2.6x throughput compared to 5800x3d. Obviously this CPU is not for gaming, but it does work well for parallel workloads. My temps are between 60-90C without OC on air. I would recommend this to anyone who does not need 3d vcache part, because the price difference to other models is not that relevant and all these cheaper options (except 3d cache) are contained in this cpu. You could always disable as many cores as You want in a BIOS.
Mee Likey! –
Switching to AMD hasnât been easier
After all of the controversy surrounding Intelâs 13th and 14th gen CPU issues, I took a glance at AMDâs offerings for my next build. I decided to wait until the launch of their 9000 series to decide which brand to go with, eventually settling on the 9950x. Though the jump from their 7000 series CPUs may not have been huge, the 9950x is a beast in performance. Not their best chip for gaming, but 3d rendering and adobe software has been really solid. And honestly, the gaming performance is pretty impressive too. Hoping there will be minor adjustments made to further squeeze out performance from these chips. CPU temps stay within the specified range and I havenât had any windows hiccups. The 9950x is expensive though, so for a reduced cost, it should be on your radar.
Ryan –
Amazing CPU!!
I have been builidng AMD PC’s for over 30 years and this is one amazing CPU!! It does tend to run a bit warm but I do not mind that if it is fast. I have it paired with an ASUS X870E Hero and 96gb Corsair Dominator Titanium RAM at 7000MT/s. This is an amazing combination of components for a high end workstion and/or gaming PC.
Michael –
Good cpu but
It is a good cpu. I just feel that the price is really not worth it for this cpu. It works great, it does have alot of horse power, the temps do get really high even with a 360mm aio. Definitely not something you should get if you game at all. Its simply a work horse.
Jason –
Definitely worth the purchase
I bought this cpu to replace my ryzen 9 7950x and was hesitant because on paper they both look about the same. They may look the same, but this thing runs much faster. My startup time has decreased, programs are snappier, and I tested both on cinebench and the 7950x was getting around a 1990 score and the 9950x is getting a score of 2380. Even though I was skeptical, this upgrade turned out to be very worthwhile
Jason Vene –
The late news is right
The early reviews from pundits and articles took the view that the 9000 series was no better than the 7000 series, but with a higher price tag.The truth is that the updates to Windows 11 and the updated microcode opens up the 9950x, making it a fantastic choice for production. The X3D series are better for games, but I’m not a gamer. I waited on the Intel 15th gen release before I moved to upgrade my workstation. I chose the 9950x based on the findings about Intel’s late product.I’m entirely satisfied with the 9950x as the basis for a development system. I work on software for engineering and manufacturing. Compiling, 3D modeling and physics simulations are part of the work, and while some of that is reliant on GPU compute, I must have significant resources available from my workstations. At any one time I may have 4 or 5 guest operating systems running in virtual machines, while compiling, modeling and simulating throughout. I started this build with 96 Gbytes of RAM, but upgraded to 192 when I tried the combination (I built 6 workstations with 9950x chips and had the RAM to try).I didn’t want to wait on the 9950X3D, though I expect it may have some advantage when it is released.
Nagatus –
Perfect for Linux workstation
Works like a charm, great update. Paired with lots of ram. Very good dev wksta for SW dev
ferch –
Nothing new
Almost 25% improvement over the 5950X, the business here is for AMD only
nicholas –
Works well, works great for gaming and office use
Ducrot Bertrand –
Je n’ai pas eu de chance avec le mien ou la carte-mère qui étaient défectueux mais le vendeur ne sait pas le dire, cela se comprends. Merci pour sa compréhension, sa gentillesse. Le remboursement a été effectué sans problèmes.
IVALDO –
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X è molto potente, rispetto la serie 7000 fa almeno 10-15° in meno da parte del processore, come dissipatore ci ho messo sopra un Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, anche lasciato libero il processore non supera mai gli 80° con carico al 100% (con Windows 11 23H2), il nuovo Windows 11 24H2 di suo va a limitare a 80° i processori regolando poi l’utilizzo dei core e delle frequenze massime, sono passato da un 7950X3D a questo 9950X (aggiornando prima il bios) e sono pienamente soddisfatto delle prestazioni uso lavoro-rendering.
Charlotte Rowe –
The Ryzen 9950x is an extremely powerful processor, don’t let people or reviewers tell you otherwise. This thing pummels through multi core tasks and matches the 7800X3D without the X3D technology. This thing is efficient too and runs cooler then last gens 7950X. This is a must buy if you utilise 16 cores and is equally capable in gaming. Another task this CPU is excellent at is PS3 emulation, I can run 4K rock solid 60FPS. Well worth the high price.
apc –
I use 11th Gen i5-1135G7 and finally decided time has come for PC upgrade.I am developer and long project compilation time can be very annoying and kill my productivity.Compilation time with my old CPU i5-1135G7:[success] Total time: 221 s (03:41), completed Oct 1, 2024, 2:01:16 AMMy new 9950X CPU[success] Total time: 44 s, completed Oct 1, 2024, 1:59:11 AMI have like 5x improvement for real life workloads that matter me most !I did not do any memory overclocking, stability is more important than max speed.In my particular example compilation task mostly runs on single core, I can see for highly parallel workloads speedup is like 10x as you may see by this “unfair” (not using exact same software versions and 8 vs 16 cores is not fair game, but that’s what i had as my old CPU) . So here comes 7z benchmark:old CPU: 64-bit locale=en_US.UTF-8 Threads:8 OPEN_MAX:1024Compiler: 13.2.0 GCC 13.2.0: SSE2Linux : 6.8.0-41-generic : #41-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Aug 2 20:41:06 UTC 2024 : x86_64PageSize:4KB THP:madvise hwcap:6 hwcap2:211th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz1T CPU Freq (MHz): 3759 3773 3768 3737 3664 3750 37784T CPU Freq (MHz): 392% 3650 392% 3584RAM size: 64089 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 8RAM usage: 1779 MB, # Benchmark threads: 8 Compressing | DecompressingDict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS22: 22621 599 3673 22007 | 122918 547 1915 1048223: 18224 580 3201 18569 | 125860 564 1929 1088724: 16757 552 3264 18018 | 121069 549 1934 1062325: 16162 550 3358 18454 | 127610 593 1916 11355———————————- | ——————————Avr: 18441 570 3374 19262 | 124364 563 1924 10836Tot: 567 2649 150499950x:Compiler: 13.2.0 GCC 13.2.0: SSE2Linux : 6.8.0-45-generic : #45-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Aug 3012:02:04 UTC 2024 : x86_64PageSize:4KB THP:madvise hwcap:2 hwcap2:2AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor1T CPU Freq (MHz): 5673 5736 5739 5738 5734 5737 573716T CPU Freq (MHz): 1562% 5476 1566% 5480RAM size: 192768 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 32RAM usage: 7119 MB, # Benchmark threads: 32 Compressing | DecompressingDict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS22: 170118 2912 5683 165491 | 1940188 3128 5288 16541923: 148371 2813 5375 151172 | 1889762 3131 5221 16349024: 140449 2837 5323 151011 | 1819571 3101 5149 15966225: 133071 2782 5461 151936 | 1775777 3127 5053 157992———————————- | ——————————Avr: 148002 2836 5461 154903 | 1856325 3122 5178 161641Tot: 2979 5319 158272Well perhaps just shows me I have had too slow laptop for my projects. I got my laptop back in 2022. So 2022 laptop is no so old, but my projects require maximum performance I can get from modern desktop PC CPU.Runs idle at 36 degrees Celsius , during normal workloads like code compilation CPU never exceeds 70 degrees.I consider my money well spent.