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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Ryzen 9 5950X

85 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

We compared two 16-core desktop CPUs: the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X against the 3.4 GHz Ryzen 9 5950X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (5)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
29.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
40.4
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5950X and 7950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
  • Around 35.52 GB/s (74%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3068 vs 2276 points
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 7950X
vs
Ryzen 9 5950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 9 7950X +42%
2077
Ryzen 9 5950X
1464
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 679 464
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 8943 5693
Cinebench Scores (18th and 76th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 9 7950X +35%
3068
Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 7950X +68%
21401
Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
File compression 1960 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 211.3 Klines/sec 147.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 414.2 pages/sec 224.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 540.6 Mpixels/sec 372.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 304.8 pages/sec 222.5 pages/sec
Background blur 78.9 images/sec 28.4 images/sec
Photo processing 148.7 images/sec 85 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.1 Mpixels/sec 38.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1055 & 741 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 9 7950X +22%
4252
Ryzen 9 5950X
3476
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 7950X +37%
62139
Ryzen 9 5950X
45260
Integer math 224.2 GOps/sec 183.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 137.4 GOps/sec 100.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 333M Primes/sec 223M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 98.4M Strings/sec 64.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 49.1 GBytes/sec 39.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 831.2 MBytes/sec 622.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3073 Frames/sec 1854 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 61.7B Matrices/sec 40.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8748 & 19398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 7950X +39%
576.1
Ryzen 9 5950X
413.83

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.2 PPW 13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 125.9 PPW 121.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 365.5 PPW 431 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.39 PPW 3.94 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (Leandro Irgang)Cinebench 2026679 / 8943
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (VikTOR)Cinebench 2024125 / 2213
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (Gerard)Cinebench 2026627 / 8337
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-17 (RipePipe)Cinebench 2024118 / 1956
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-28 (Mirage_Tahmid)Cinebench 2024118 / 1966
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (stream pc)Cinebench 2026456 / 4979
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (DDD)Cinebench 2026464 / 5693
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Geekbench 6 CPU2259 / 12745
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Cinebench 202499 / 1448
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y)Cinebench 202497 / 1451
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 5950X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released August 29, 2022 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 13900K - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (7th and 51st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 16
P-Threads 32 32
Base Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.7 GHz 4.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 32 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 45x 34x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 13.1 billions 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 170 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 230 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (18th and 72nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 2 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 9 7950X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5950X
n/a
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X or Ryzen 9 7950X?
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danwat1234 December 31, 2022 at 07:46 AM
The transistor count of the 5950x is wrong! It is not 19.2 Billion! Should be 4.15 Billion.
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Sergey January 2, 2023 at 12:18 PM
Yeah, thank you for a comment.
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Psopro2 October 9, 2022 at 09:57 PM
Gonna say that it's not with upgrading from 5950x as far as I see it for gaming etc. Not when you include more expensive mobos, new Gen ram, etc. Even if the CPU is cheaper all of that combined isn't worth it yet.
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AgentA November 6, 2022 at 06:18 AM
The 7950X makes the 5950X look like a dinosaur. And the cost is worth it because you're getting a better mobo and modern RAM.
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Why October 6, 2022 at 11:47 PM
Ryzen 9 7950x haha. Looking forward to your calculations on which is better value for the money, but definitely looking toward the Ryzen 9 7950x. For only 100 dollars more, pretty good upgrades.
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