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AMD100-100000059WOF

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.5 GHz, Haswell.
Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 35,537 user samples
2,511 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 82% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 59% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 59% Great: 82%
SPEED RANK: 358th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
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: 85th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 100%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 121%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
73 % 100 % Much faster effective speed.
+37%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
80.9 Pts 81 Pts +0%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
103 Pts 164 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+59%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
199 Pts 326 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+64%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
353 Pts 639 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+81%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
532 Pts 1,232 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+132%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
92.7 Pts 92.7 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
113 Pts 180 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+59%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
225 Pts 355 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+58%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
415 Pts 697 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+68%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
586 Pts 1,376 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+135%
Market Share
Based on 69,024,867 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.23 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,200%
Value
Value For Money
80 % 93.5 % Better value.
+17%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 69 % Much more popular.
+33%
Price
Price (score)
$200 Much cheaper.
+44%
$358
Age
Newest
125+ Months 48 Months Much more recent.
+62%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
587 Pts 3,063 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+422%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
540 Pts 2,633 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+388%

8 years afterwards still going well, looking to finally replace with a 3D L3 cache chip because of certain games that I play thrive on that L3 [Apr '23 T3ddyBr0gan]

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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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