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So, this ultra-high-end Ryzen 9000 desktop processor lands itself in a strange situation.
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AMD uses the same lid design, prone to accumulating thermal paste in its crevices.
That’s mainly due to the 9800X3D’s appeal as the best gaming CPU on the market today.
So, where does the 9950X3D fit into the Zen 5 lineup with its higher price?
The 9950X3D isn’t your only 128MB L3 V-Cache option in the Ryzen 9 lineup.
It also lowers the TDP from 170W to 120W, lowering heat and energy demands.
Although the 9950X3D doesn’t include a built-in NPU, it does a much better job with AVX-512 instructions.
The cache bandwidth itself has increased, with latency coming down.
Like the 9800X3D and other Ryzen 9000 designs, the 9950X3D uses the AM5 socket.
Again, certain games will be GPU bound while others will thrive on extra CPU performance.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D: Should you buy?
Geekbench 6 tests burst performance of a CPU.(Image credit: Windows Central | Ben Wilson)
Cinebench 2024 is a sustained stress test for CPUs.(Image credit: Windows Central | Ben Wilson)
7-Zip tests file compression and decompression on the CPU.(Image credit: Windows Central | Ben Wilson)
CPU-Z is a second burst processing benchmark test for processors.(Image credit: Windows Central | Ben Wilson)
No, this isn’t a mistake. There were literally no whole-number differences in average FPS when swapping out the 9950X3D for a 9800X3D in the same build.
The 9800X3D, like the 9950X3D, doesn’t come with a stock cooler, but I’d recommend a capable AIO liquid option anyway.
We tested the Ryzen 9 9950X3D in an ASRock X870E Taichi motherboard alongside a Gigabyte X870E Aorus Master.
