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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Ryzen 9 5950X

92 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

We compared two 16-core desktop CPUs: the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 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

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
53.8
(Average)
Value Index
40.4
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5950X and 9950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
  • Newer - released 3 years and 9 months later
  • Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 50% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3418 vs 2276 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 9950X
vs
Ryzen 9 5950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 9 9950X +58%
2320
Ryzen 9 5950X
1464
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 724 464
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7630 5693
Cinebench Scores (10th 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 9950X +50%
3418
Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +71%
21758
Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
File compression 1710 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 226 Klines/sec 147.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 391.9 pages/sec 224.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 586.8 Mpixels/sec 372.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 351.6 pages/sec 222.5 pages/sec
Background blur 84.3 images/sec 28.4 images/sec
Photo processing 144.4 images/sec 85 images/sec
Ray tracing 55.7 Mpixels/sec 38.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1 & 741 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +36%
4728
Ryzen 9 5950X
3476
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +45%
65714
Ryzen 9 5950X
45260
Integer math 241.5 GOps/sec 183.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 158.5 GOps/sec 100.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 343M Primes/sec 223M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 93.7M Strings/sec 64.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 44.2 GBytes/sec 39.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 891.3 MBytes/sec 622.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3254 Frames/sec 1854 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 71.2B Matrices/sec 40.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6583 & 19398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 9950X +45%
598.37
Ryzen 9 5950X
413.83

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.6 PPW 13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 128 PPW 121.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 386.6 PPW 431 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 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 9950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (greenmonalisa)Cinebench 2024136 / 2307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Malanore)Cinebench 2026724 / 7630
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 -> TukiGeekbench 6 CPU3607 / 23374
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (jimmygeneris)Cinebench 2024136 / 2114
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Capt Jack Swallows)Cinebench 2024136 / 2162
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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 9950X and Ryzen 9 5950X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number 9950X -
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 14900K - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (3rd and 51st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 16
P-Threads 32 32
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 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 43x 34x
L1 Cache 80K (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 - 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 4 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 (6th and 72nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 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

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