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AMD100-100000591WOF
▲ 693,787 ▼

16 Cores, 32 Threads @3.4GHz, Zen3.
Release date: Q4 2020.

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▲ 701,745 ▼

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

Effective Speed 
+12%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 36,572 user samples
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33,026 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 110% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 90% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 90% Great: 110%
SPEED RANK: 80th / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 100%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 121%
UFO
3,546 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 122% Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 99% Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg)
Poor: 99% Great: 122%
SPEED RANK: 46th / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 114%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 118%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		100 % 112 % Faster effective speed.
+12%
External Data: 1080p 
+9%
20 Oct22|HardwareLUXX
The Dino Intel is not yet extinct:... 		SpiderM 14% 8 % Control 5%, CPunk 22%, RiftB 20%, TWarTroy 13%, F122 6%, DoomE 1%
20 Oct22|Techpowerup
Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best... 		CPunk 1%, RDR2 4%, DoomE 1% 9 % Forza5 3%, AoE4 16%, Bord3 14%, FarC6 23%, WatchDL 11%, BFV 10%, EldenR 2%, Civ6 5%, CSGO 24%
22 Nov22|Gamers Nexus
Intel i7-13700K CPU Review & Bench... 		TWarW3 1% 14 % FarC6 23%, FinFant14 30%, GTAV 19%, SotTR 12%, R6S 3%
20 Oct22|Tweakers
Intel 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake Re... 		RDR2 6%, MetroEx 2% 6 % FarC6 20%, F122 7%, TWarW3 12%
Average Score 
+16%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		81 Pts +2% 79.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		164 Pts 205 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+25%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		326 Pts 404 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+24%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		639 Pts 775 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+21%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		1232 Pts 1383 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+12%
Overclocked Score 
+17%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		92.7 Pts +2% 91.3 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		180 Pts 217 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+21%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		355 Pts 434 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+22%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		697 Pts 847 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+22%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1376 Pts 1648 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+20%
Value & Sentiment 
+22%
Market Share
Based on 68,633,318 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.22 % 0.3 % Much higher market share.
+36%
Value
Value For Money 		94.1 % 116 % Better value.
+23%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		69 % 70 % +1%
Price
Price (score) 		$350 $249 Cheaper.
+29%
Nice To Haves 
+19%
Age
Newest 		46 Months 23 Months Much more recent.
+50%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		105 Watts 105 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		16 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100% 		8 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		32 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100% 		16 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		7 nm 5 nm Newer manufacturing.
+29%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.4 GHz 4.5 GHz Much faster base frequency.
+32%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.9 GHz 5.4 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+10%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		3063 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+51% 		2025 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		2633 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+39% 		1890 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Zen3 Zen4
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		AM4 AM5
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None RDNA2
Conclusion 
Average Bench 100%
Average Bench 112%

The 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X is an impressive workhorse. It sits at the top of AMD’s latest Zen 3 based, 5000 series of CPUs and sends a clear message that AMD can beat Intel in terms of raw performance and core count. The 5950X has a boost clock speed of up to 4.9 GHz, a massive 72 MB cache and a TDP rating of 105W. Despite the “gaming” focus of AMD’s 5000 series launch marketing, the 5950X does not efficiently leverage all its 16 cores in gaming (as demonstrated by similar effective speed scores compared to the 12-core 5900X, 8-core 5800X and 6-core 5600X.) 16 cores are only suitable for professional use cases that have CPU processing needs which cannot be more efficiently met by a GPU or other dedicated hardware. There is no Intel equivalent with this number of cores, and the 5950X’s uniqueness is reflected in its $799 USD price tag, 45% more expensive than the 5900X. Gamers will get far higher FPS per dollar by allocating a higher proportion of their budget towards a better GPU rather than blowing $799 USD on the 5950X. Professional users that plan to use 32 concurrent threads at 100% load will find value in the 5950X. On the other hand, workstation users that rarely exceed 20 concurrent threads at 100% should consider the 10850K for around half the money. [Nov '20 CPUPro]

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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]

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