AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Outperforms Its Predecessor By 14 % In Early Tests

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Ryzen 9 9950X3D to offer a better gaming experience than its non-X3D counterpart.

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  • The Ryzen 9 9950X3D, launching March 12, outperforms its predecessor in PassMark and matches the single-thread performance of the non-X3D version.
  • With base/boost frequencies of 4.3 GHz and 5.7 GHz and a 170W TDP, it’s the fastest in the series, matching the Ryzen 9 9950X.
  • It leads the 7950X3D by 14.1% in single-core and 11.5% in multi-core tests, offering better gaming performance.

The 12-core 9900X3D and 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D, AMD’s most recent additions to its Zen 5 stack, are scheduled for sale on March 12. It appears that a few Ryzen 9 9950X3D samples were evaluated in PassMark just a few days before the sale embargo.

Why it matters: The Ryzen 9 9950X3D offers significant performance gains over previous models, making it an ideal choice for high-performance tasks like gaming and multi-threaded workloads.

According to the initial testing, the 9950X3D outperforms its last-generation predecessor in PassMark and maintains a comparable single-threaded performance to its non-X3D counterpart.

With base and boost frequencies of 4.3 and 5.7 GHz, respectively, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D is the fastest processor in the series. With 170W of TDP, this is the first X3D CPU to match the Ryzen 9 9950X.

In PassMark, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D received 4739 points in the single-thread test and 69701 points in the multi-threaded test. There are currently just three tests performed on this processor, therefore when additional tests are performed in the future, the final scores might differ somewhat.

Source: PassMark

In single-core tests, the Ryzen 9950X3D currently leads the 7950X3D by 14.1%, while in multi-threaded tests, the difference is roughly 11.5%. Overall, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D is just as powerful as the non-X3D version, but it will perform much better in games where the 3D V-cache really shines.

Although PassMark ratings are a useful tool for comparing a CPU’s performance to that of its rivals, keep in mind that they don’t necessarily correspond to performance in real-world applications.

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