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Ryzen 9 7950X

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16 Cores, 32 Threads @4.5GHz, Zen4.
Release date: Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 114% (33rd of 1442)

Based on 3,143 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00A60F12 Model: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor

Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. [Sep '22 CPUPro]

Poor: 95%Average: 114% Great: 124%
Gaming
Gaming 114%
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Desktop
Desktop 115%
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Workstation
Workstation 151%
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Outstanding average bench

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X averaged 13.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 3,670Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 791Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is 29%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 79.3Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 1,527Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,143 samples)
Rank 33114%
Min Avg Max
60.6 Memory 79.3 91.4
184 1-Core 209 221
347 2-Core 408 436
120% 232 Pts
Min Avg Max
564 4-Core 791 857
1,036 8-Core 1,527 1,685
138% 1,159 Pts
Min Avg Max
3,233 64-Core 3,670 3,877
227% 3,670 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM5, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg)
127% Outstanding
Memory 90.8
1-Core 218
2-Core 433
129% 247 Pts
4-Core 868
8-Core 1,717
153% 1,292 Pts
64-Core 3,903
242% 3,903 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
123% Outstanding
Memory 91.3
1-Core 213
2-Core 421
126% 242 Pts
4-Core 831
8-Core 1610
145% 1,221 Pts
64-Core 3,788
234% 3,788 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
122% Outstanding
Memory 88.4
1-Core 210
2-Core 425
125% 241 Pts
4-Core 833
8-Core 1,638
146% 1,235 Pts
64-Core 3,810
236% 3,810 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
117% Outstanding
Memory 76.8
1-Core 217
2-Core 428
123% 241 Pts
4-Core 842
8-Core 1,654
148% 1,248 Pts
64-Core 3753
232% 3753 Pts
AM5, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
113% Outstanding
Memory 68.7
1-Core 214
2-Core 424
120% 236 Pts
4-Core 833
8-Core 1,639
146% 1,236 Pts
64-Core 3753
232% 3753 Pts
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MSRP ≈ $700 @ launch in Sep '22
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Gaming
Gaming 264%
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Desktop
Desktop 115%
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Workstation 346%
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Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7D75)

CPU
Ryzen 9 7950XAMD  $549Bench 114%, 3,143 samples1x
GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia  $750Bench 240%, 46,082 samples54x
RTX 4070Nvidia  $539Bench 190%, 45,585 samples53x
RX 7900-XTXAMD  $1,000Bench 257%, 5,548 samples52x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples65x
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $184Bench 460%, 45,230 samples45x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples28x
RAM
F5-6000J3038F16G 2x16GBUnknownBench 190%, 9,902 samples90x
F5-6000J3636F16G 2x16GBUnknownBench 166%, 17,639 samples54x
CMH32GX5M2B6000Z30 2x16GBCorsairBench 185%, 6,446 samples36x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $1,468

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CPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

AMD Ryzen 7000 Series ushers in the speed of “Zen 4” for gamers and creators...

Added 19 months ago.
USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

12 days ago.

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The IPC improvement compared to 5000 series is only 3%, so this performance you're seeing is all coming from the power draw and temps. Seems like AMD is at its limit again. Bulldozer is back.—Oct '22

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Impressive multi-threaded performance, but the single-threaded performance is disappointing. It's on par or weaker than Alder Lake depending on the CPU. The memory controller on AMD motherboards doesn't seem to be able to handle as fast RAM as Intel does. You cannot squeeze all the performance available in this processor unless you get yourself a 420m AIO which is quite expensive and you'd rather be spending this money elsewhere, and even at full speed this processor still is weaker than 12900k. If you run this processor on "eco mode" or undervolted it you'd be getting the same performance as 5950x, so it's not worth it, and it shows that 7950x is basically an overclocked 5950x. I cannot recommmend this CPU to anyone because compared to Raptor Lake this seems as if it's two generations behind in terms of instructions per clock.—Oct '22

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Fake “fans”, paid reviews, and fake benchmarks: A 150 Billion dollar 60 minutes masterpiece in the making—Dec '22

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the emperor has no clothes—Dec '22

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CAN-User
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Excellent

5 months ago.

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Terrible value compared to the 13600K for gaming, and the 13700K for workstation.—Nov '22

POL-User
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4,572

Excellent

11 months ago.

LOL, try overclocking that CPU without making it explode! Even if you add only few %s of boost, it will explode like a gigabyte PSU! If AMD still calls their CPUs "the best" or "overclock monsters", they need rename their brand to "Advanced marketing devices" or "Advanced Malfunctioning Devices". 2/10, NEVER BUYING AMD AGAIN! 13900KS ALL THE WAY!

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2 months ago.

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Userbench description spot on as usual. Shame so many first time buyers are duped by AMD's marketing BS—Mar '23

MYS-User
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14 months ago.

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costly and speed not up to the money—Mar '23

NZL-User
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Excellent

13 months ago.

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Me dumb dumb no brainy worky buy 7950X go fast nrwoom—Mar '23

CPUPro
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Good

19 months ago.

ZxOmenGuyxZ
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Excellent

19 months ago.

A beast and costs 699 dollars, but beware of Raptor Lake.

multicoring
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36

Excellent

9 months ago.

AMD finally increasing that TDP and clocks, worth the jump from zen 3

kalef21
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Excellent

17 months ago.

only great once discounted t $550. at that price it's an amazing all around gaming and workstation CPU

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