Ryzen 9 9950X Flexes its Muscles in Benchmarks
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X engineering sample has surfaced on the AIDA64 database, and the results, published on Anandtech's forum, suggest a seriously powerful chip.
According to the leak, the Ryzen 9 9950X outperforms the Ryzen 9 7950X by a significant margin in the AES encryption benchmark – 45% in FP32 operations and 39% in FP64. Furthermore, it surpasses the Intel Core i9-13900K by an impressive 55% in floating-point calculations. These results align with AMD's earlier claims of a 56% performance boost in Blender and a 21% improvement in Cinebench 2024 compared to the Intel Core i9-14900K.
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X boasts 16 cores, 32 threads, and a maximum boost clock speed of 5.7 GHz, all built on the new 4nm Zen 5 architecture. However, gamers should note the recent statement by AMD's senior technical marketing manager, indicating that the Ryzen 9000 series may not surpass the Ryzen 7000X3D in terms of gaming performance.
The new processors are expected to hit the market no earlier than July 31st.