AMD Ryzen 9 9950X “Zen 5” CPU Reveals up to 45% Improvement versus 7950X in New AIDA64 Benchmarks

[Tsing]

The Ryzen 9 9950X, a new flagship 16C/32T desktop processor from AMD that promises to deliver another leap in performance with its brand-new Zen 5 cores, is up to 45% faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X, the previous generation's non-X3D leader, according to new benchmarks that have surfaced at an online forum.

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[Burticus]

But will it make Civ V any faster? /s

 

[LazyGamer]

But will it make Civ V any faster? /s

Can't remember if Civ V took advantage of the X3D cache or not... but if not, then probably?

 

[Elf_Boy]

Waiting for more balanced testing.

 

[Grimlakin]

Only place in saw those numbers reported was wccf tech. Gives me hope though for reviews to come. I know my 5900x is holding back my video card.

 

[Zarathustra]

Waiting for more balanced testing.

Yep. That's the way to go. We don';t need another Bulldozer hype machine.

I will reserve any and all judgment until reputable reviewers have actual silicon in hand.

 

[LazyGamer]

Speculating, we should expect higher IPC - that's really the only way for AMD to go, and they're behind Intel's P-cores at the moment. Cache and interconnect optimizations should also be present, as well as memory controller advancements (already seen from AMD with their APUs being able to push 8000MT/s+).

Granted, I've seen it reported that Zen 5 without 3D V-cache will not be faster than Zen 4 with 3D V-cache for gaming, per AMD, so gains will probably be limited to compute-heavy scenarios.

 

[Zarathustra]

Granted, I've seen it reported that Zen 5 without 3D V-cache will not be faster than Zen 4 with 3D V-cache for gaming, per AMD, so gains will probably be limited to compute-heavy scenarios.

That might be changing.

 

[LazyGamer]

That might be changing.

Sounds like a terrible idea...

 

[Zarathustra]

Sounds like a terrible idea...

I mean, they already have SKU's with higher TDP than that, so why not. It's not like it will be constantly at the high power state, so it's fine. It will hum along on the desktop at just as low power as a 65W part.