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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Delivers Excellent Performance For Linux Developers, Creators & Technical Computing Review - Phoronix

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Review: Dominant, No Compromise Performance

The new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D pairs Zen 5 with 2nd Generation 3D V-Cache to enhance perfomance, increase clocks, and enable more overclocking

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - Great for Gaming and Productivity

The new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D brings Zen 5 with 3D V-Cache to the high-end. This new $700 flagship offers the best application performance, beating even the 9950X, and at the same time you get a fantastic gaming experience that's better than any other non-X3D processor on the market.

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Von Hugh]

 

[Pagusas]

Looks like a great processor, but I'll skip for the next iteration, my 7950x is holding on just fine and all these benchmarks are just showing 1080p gaming (who the hell is buying flagship CPU and GPU's and gaming at 1080p?). 4k comparisons show basically >3% gains, and in most cases no gain whatso ever from upgrading.

 

[Celcius]

Good job AMD

 

[TBiddy]

Looks like a great processor, but I'll skip for the next iteration, my 7950x is holding on just fine and all these benchmarks are just showing 1080p gaming (who the hell is buying flagship CPU and GPU's and gaming at 1080p?). 4k comparisons show basically >3% gains, and in most cases no gain whatso ever from upgrading.

Isn't the idea when testing in 1080p to make sure that the GPU isn't the bottleneck?

 

[winjer]

Only for gaming, this CPU is not worth it.
But for people that also do productivity, its excellent.

And because now there is no longer the issue with 2 ccds and threads shifting from one to another, performance is much more consistent in games.1

 

[diffusionx]

$700

yea I'm good lmao

 

[Pagusas]

Isn't the idea when testing in 1080p to make sure that the GPU isn't the bottleneck?

Yes, what I'm saying is that while it shows the CPU's strength, its not a real world performance gain I'd realize as a 4k gamer, as its super rare for games to be CPU limited at that resolution.

What I do care about is productivity, and the gains arent big enough in Premier and After Effects for me to upgrade there either.

 

[TBiddy]

Yes, what I'm saying is that while it shows the CPU's strength, its not a real world performance gain I'd realize as a 4k gamer, as its super rare for games to be CPU limited at that resolution.

What I do care about is productivity, and the gains arent big enough in Premier and After Effects for me to upgrade there either.

That we can agree on!

 

[LordBritish]

so go for the $499 now widely available 9800x3d, got it..

 

[Pagusas]

so go for the $499 now widely available 9800x3d, got it..

if you are looking to upgrading and gaming is your sole focus yes. But if your machine is also used for productivity and makes you money, grab the 9950x 3D.

Basically AMD did a great job of making an all in one chip thats good at everything. And $700 really isn't that bad a price for it.

 

[MikeM]

Fantastic CPU but my 7600x still satisfies 120fps gaming easily. Waiting for the final AM5 x3d CPU.

 

[OverHeat]

Urge to upgrade 9800x3D to 9950x3D rising

 

[ResilientBanana]

the 9800X3D seems to be better at gaming than the 9950X3D

 

[StereoVsn]

Urge to upgrade 9800x3D to 9950x3D rising

Step 1 - Get 5090 First.
Step 2 - Collect insurance money after 5090 burns down the house.
Step 3 - Buy 9950x3D with insurance money.
Step 4 - Get a 5090.
Step 5 - …

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Urge to upgrade 9800x3D to 9950x3D rising

been thinking about getting a 9950X3D to replace 7950X3D but not sure yet. still to see reviews.

 

[StereoVsn]

been thinking about getting a 9950X3D to replace 7950X3D but not sure yet. still to see reviews.

Unless you have productivity applications that would strongly benefit in 15-20% improvement, there is no point, IMO.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Unless you have productivity applications that would strongly benefit in 15-20% improvement, there is no point, IMO.

Unless you have productivity applications that would strongly benefit in 15-20% improvement, there is no point, IMO.

but 9 is higher than 7 /s

still to watch those reviews. i did see that AMD might release 12 cores as standard on Zen 6 for AM5 so might hold off

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

also i just upgraded to a 5090 from 4080. so i don't want to be holding that back any. if i can get some more FPS on a 9950X3D then i'll get it.

i'm on a 360Hz monitor so i want all the fps

 

[ResilientBanana]

also i just upgraded to a 5090 from 4080. so i don't want to be holding that back any. if i can get some more FPS on a 9950X3D then i'll get it.

i'm on a 360Hz monitor so i want all the fps

Read the benches, the 9800X3D might be better.

 

[Rentahamster]

also i just upgraded to a 5090 from 4080. so i don't want to be holding that back any. if i can get some more FPS on a 9950X3D then i'll get it.

i'm on a 360Hz monitor so i want all the fps

Unless you're doing something that really needs all those extra cores, the 9800X3D is probably better for your gaming-focused use case.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

fuck it i'm getting the 9950X3D

Unless you're doing something that really needs all those extra cores, the 9800X3D is probably better for your gaming-focused use case.

Read the benches, the 9800X3D might be better.

i don't just game.

messing about with AI. photo/video editing and rendering, some music stuff here and there. my PC is my main device (hate calling it a device). i use it for everything.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

considering also upgrading to 128GB RAM

 

[SolidQ]

lol

 

[Codeblew]

considering also upgrading to 128GB RAM

Wouldn''t you have to have 4 sticks for that? I think the most you can get with DDR5 and only using 2 slots is 96GB (2x48GB).

 

[winjer]

Wouldn''t you have to have 4 sticks for that? I think the most you can get with DDR5 and only using 2 slots is 96GB (2x48GB).

It can take up to 192GB.
But using 4 dimms will require lower memory speeds. Especially on motherboards with a daisy chain configuration.

https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-9-9950x.html

 

[Codeblew]

It can take up to 192GB.
But using 4 dimms will require lower memory speeds. Especially on motherboards with a daisy chain configuration.

https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-9-9950x.html

Yeah, that is what I was hinting at. 96GB would be highest unless you don't care about memory speed.

 

[nani17]

ascend to godhood

 

[moogman]

the 9800X3D seems to be better at gaming than the 9950X3D

For games the 800 series are better due to its single CCD design. For anything using over 8 cores the 9950 will blow it away. The thing that struck me most about those benches is how close the 9950X3D is getting to the 9800X3D which is pretty amazing.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

looking nice

 

[lachesis]

Looks like they nailed this one. I bought 9950x for my main rig (workstation + gaming) a couple months back and am very happy with it for 4k gaming performance & productivity.
but power consumption while playing game has been pretty high - and 9950x3d is much more efficient on that end, which is pretty awesome.

 

[KuraiShidosha]

Buying it tomorrow morning. Pray for me.

 

[Quixz]

AMD vs AMD winner AMD

 

[GHG]

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

just ordered mine

 

[KuraiShidosha]

I got an order in on Amazon but until it ships I'm not confident I got it.

 

[OverHeat]

The 9800X3D is going into the wife PC.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

The 9800X3D is going into the wife PC.

Got a 5090 yet?

 

[OverHeat]

Got a 5090 yet?

Yep! since last week

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Yep! since last week

Nice. Asus astral? What do you think of it?

 

[Celcius]

Nice. Asus astral? What do you think of it?

The astral died and then he got an MSI model

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Still a 5090 I got the FE

 

[Insane Metal]

AMD killing it on CPUs, damn.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

As a not terribly happy 5950x purchaser I just grabbed a 9800X3D, though the shipping date is far enough out that I can still cancel it. 9950X3D sounds like the CPU I always wanted but not sure I want to play the availability game. But if I happen to come upon one in the next couple of days...

 

[OverHeat]

I can’t wait because everything except gaming was a downgrade with my 9800x3d vs my 7950x3d

 

[Celcius]

I can’t wait because everything except gaming was a downgrade with my 9800x3d vs my 7950x3d

Just curious, what do you use your PC for besides gaming?

 

[Closer]

Hey guys

 

[Zacfoldor]

Finally a part I like.

 

[winjer]

Just curious, what do you use your PC for besides gaming?

Porn

 

[OverHeat]

Just curious, what do you use your PC for besides gaming?

Video editing streaming etc