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Baikal-S vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2022
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2022-09-27
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

What's the best choice Baikal-S or AMD Ryzen 9 7950X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Baikal-S has a base frequency of 2.2 GHz. 48 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in Q1/2022.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has a base frequency of 4.5 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 170 W. Released in 2022-09-27.

Differences

Baikal-S Reasons to consider
Baikal-S
Report a bug
  • More number of cores

    32 more cores

    48 left arrow 16
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    120 W left arrow 170 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Baikal-S CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    60 place
  • CoreMark
    1 place
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    11 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 105% better clock speed

    4.5 GHz left arrow 2.2 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    17 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    14 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    20 place

Specifications

Technical data
Baikal-S Baikal-S
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Baikal-S left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Baikal left arrow Ryzen
  • Segment
    Server left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Generation
    - left arrow 5
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 7000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.2 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    48 left arrow 16
  • CPU Threads
    48 left arrow 32
  • Core architecture
    - left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 16x
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    - left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5.7 GHz
  • Overclocking
    - left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    - left arrow 5.5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    - left arrow 5.2 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU name
    - left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow No turbo
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    - left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • JPEG
    - left arrow No
  • VC-1
    - left arrow No
  • VP8
    - left arrow No
  • VP9
    - left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Baikal-S. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    768 left arrow 256 GB
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR43-3200 left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe
    4 left arrow PCIe 5.0
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    - left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Baikal-S and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    120 W left arrow 170 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 170 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 230 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Baikal-S and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    CortexA75 left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Ethernet
    10 Gb left arrow -
  • L1-Cache
    64 KB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    512 KB left arrow 16 MB
  • L3-Cache
    2 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • L4-Cache
    32 MB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q1/2022 left arrow 2022-09-27
  • Socket
    FCLGA-3467 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    16 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Codename
    - left arrow Raphael AM5
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    - left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    - left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • Virtualization
    - left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Baikal-S

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

More results: 9

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R15 / multi-core 6236 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R15 / single-core 317 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R20 / multi-core 14891 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R20 / single-core 783 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R23 / multi-core 38248 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R23 / single-core 2017 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 10417.426271 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS WIFI
Duration: 95.993 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Baikal-S and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

13671.000000
Baikal-S
22252.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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