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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Ryzen 9 7950X

92 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
VS
85 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

We compared two 16-core desktop CPUs: the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9950X against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 9 7950X. 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
53.8
(Average)
Value Index
29.9
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7950X and 9950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • Around 6.4 GB/s (8%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3418 vs 3068 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 9950X
vs
Ryzen 9 7950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 9 9950X +12%
2320
Ryzen 9 7950X
2077
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 724 679
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7630 8943
Cinebench Scores (10th and 18th 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 +11%
3418
Ryzen 9 7950X
3068
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +2%
21758
Ryzen 9 7950X
21401
File compression 1710 MB/sec 1960 MB/sec
Clang compilation 226 Klines/sec 211.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 391.9 pages/sec 414.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 586.8 Mpixels/sec 540.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 351.6 pages/sec 304.8 pages/sec
Background blur 84.3 images/sec 78.9 images/sec
Photo processing 144.4 images/sec 148.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 55.7 Mpixels/sec 46.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1 & 1055 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +11%
4728
Ryzen 9 7950X
4252
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +6%
65714
Ryzen 9 7950X
62139
Integer math 241.5 GOps/sec 224.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 158.5 GOps/sec 137.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 343M Primes/sec 333M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 93.7M Strings/sec 98.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 44.2 GBytes/sec 49.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 891.3 MBytes/sec 831.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3254 Frames/sec 3073 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 71.2B Matrices/sec 61.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6583 & 8748 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 9950X +4%
598.37
Ryzen 9 7950X
576.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.6 PPW 12.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 128 PPW 125.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 386.6 PPW 365.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 3.39 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 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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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 7950X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 August 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 9950X -
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 14900K - Intel Core i9 13900K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (3rd and 7th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 16
P-Threads 32 32
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.7 GHz 5.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 32 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 43x 45x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 170 W 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 230 W 230 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (6th and 18th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 9 9950X
n/a
Ryzen 9 7950X
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X official page AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or Ryzen 9 9950X?
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ratatata May 5, 2025 at 01:54 AM
So does the tiny performance uplift translates to actual performance?
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Its not a huge improvement November 19, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Compared to 7950X the 9950X has so a short gap. it's not worth it to spend 699$ for the younger brother of 7950X who is just a tiny bit better
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why the hell? November 13, 2024 at 11:16 PM
why are people voting the overpriced 9950x with tiny performance improvements? what am i missing? somebody please explain.
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lol November 19, 2024 at 11:39 AM
it's like 170 euro extra for 5-10% perf, even I went with the 7950X
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Muhammed April 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Bcz we don't care about money. We care about performance
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