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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 72.6% (348th of 1442)

Based on 41 user benchmarks.  Device: 078BFBFF00A20F10 Model: 1st CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Poor: 35%Average: 72.6% Great: 102%
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The 1st CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core averaged 27.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Dual Core Speed 279Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 137Pts

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core is 66.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the 1st CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 663Pts
Avg. Multi Core Speed 951Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 41 samples)
Rank 34872.6%
Min Avg Max
27 Memory 66.9 90.2
44.7 1-Core 137 175
85.4 2-Core 279 345
85% 161 Pts
Min Avg Max
137 4-Core 432 670
118 8-Core 663 1,330
67.7% 547 Pts
Min Avg Max
45.5 64-Core 951 2,808
58.9% 951 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
101% Outstanding
Memory 81.8
1-Core 160
2-Core 325
100% 189 Pts
4-Core 649
8-Core 1,124
107% 886 Pts
64-Core 1,128
70% 1,128 Pts
, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 65.9
1-Core 137
2-Core 292
86% 165 Pts
4-Core 598
8-Core 972
96% 785 Pts
64-Core 955
59% 955 Pts
CPU 0, 32 CPU, 32 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 61.8
1-Core 156
2-Core 316
92% 178 Pts
4-Core 594
8-Core 1071
100% 833 Pts
64-Core 2,298
142% 2,298 Pts
CPU 0, 6 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
70.7% Very good
Memory 50.9
1-Core 96.2
2-Core 213
63% 120 Pts
4-Core 514
8-Core 546
70% 530 Pts
64-Core 695
43% 695 Pts
CPU 0, 4 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
69.7% Good
Memory 55.8
1-Core 30.6
2-Core 273
57% 120 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 458
64% 472 Pts
64-Core 436
27% 436 Pts
CPU 0, 8 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
63.7% Good
Memory 51.5
1-Core 97.3
2-Core 199
62% 116 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 698
67% 552 Pts
64-Core 881
54% 881 Pts
CPU 0, 6 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
51.8% Above average
Memory 39.9
1-Core 109
2-Core 207
62% 119 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 552
55% 447 Pts
64-Core 557
34% 557 Pts
CPU 0, 3 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
31% Below average
Memory 19.1
1-Core 48.2
2-Core 125
31% 64 Pts
4-Core 235
8-Core 306
34% 271 Pts
64-Core 304
19% 304 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
26% Poor
Memory 27
1-Core 50.2
2-Core 95.2
31% 57.5 Pts
4-Core 148
8-Core 126
19% 137 Pts
64-Core 45.5
3% 45.5 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 94%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 89%
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CPU
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core1stBench 73%, 41 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples8x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples7x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples5x
SSD
Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GBCorsairBench 230%, 32,020 samples4x
SM841 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 1,284 samples3x
HARDDISK 86GBQemuBench 42%, 75 samples3x
RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples22x
2x16GBQEMUBench 108%, 1,370 samples12x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples11x
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