AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - CPU Specs

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Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
AMD Ryzen 5000
Family
Ryzen
Form Factor
Desktops / Boxed Processor
Generation
4
Name
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Predecessor
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Segment
Desktop
Series
Ryzen 5000 Series
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
16
CPU Threads
32
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Max. Boost Clock
4.9 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.9 GHz
Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
4.2 GHz

Internal Graphics

GPU name
None

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
JPEG
No
VC-1
No
VP8
No
VP9
No

Memory & PCIe

ECC
Yes
Max. Memory
128 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4
PCIe
PCIe 4.0
PCIe lanes
20
PCIe version
4.0
System Memory Specification
3200

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Default TDP
105 W
Maximum Operating Temperature
90 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
105 W
TDP (PL2)
142 W
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Vermeer (Zen 3)
Codename
Vermeer
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
L2-Cache
8 MB
L3-Cache
64 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
2020-11-05
Socket
AM4
Technology
TSMC 7nm FinFET
Virtualization
AMD-V, SVM

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

50 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

25 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

32 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

23 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

10 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

12 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

97 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

32 place
Monero Hashrate kH/s

18 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

15 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 18

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Linux	485.266435 samples/min Submissions: 117
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows	373.225213 samples/min Submissions: 340
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Linux	488.996915 samples/min Submissions: 45
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows	387.130994 samples/min Submissions: 162
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Linux	450.596613 samples/min Submissions: 102
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows	359.342965 samples/min Submissions: 354
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux	466.729065 samples/min Submissions: 88
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows	363.828367 samples/min Submissions: 286
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux	437.509276 samples/min Submissions: 48
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows	366.710742 samples/min Submissions: 203
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux	450.515811 samples/min Submissions: 123
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	377.12565 samples/min Submissions: 367

More tests: 6

Test and settings	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Blender 5.0.0 / CPU / Windows	379.714418 samples/min Submissions: 22
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows	400.34828 samples/min Submissions: 28
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux	455.192491 samples/min Submissions: 62
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	403.442035 samples/min Submissions: 97
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Linux	457.311314 samples/min Submissions: 33
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows	405.140399 samples/min Submissions: 50

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.

Cinebench 2026 / single core with SMT

Result	Reported conditions
511 points	System: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB CPU / power label: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes. Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / multiple threads

Result	Reported conditions
1625 points	System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes. Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / single thread

Result	Reported conditions
102 points	System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes. Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Result	Reported conditions
28782 points	System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Result	Reported conditions
1684 points	System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Result	Reported conditions
10435 points	System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Result	Reported conditions
649 points	System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

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

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1639

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

1663

Intel Core i7-11700B

1663

Intel Core i9-11900KB

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

28641

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

32623

Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

31350

Intel Xeon W-3175X

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

647

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

664

Intel Core i5-12400

650

Intel Core i9-11900K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

10428

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

11020

Intel Xeon W-3275M

10511

Intel Core i9-12900KF

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

277

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

270

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

270

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

4569

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

5933

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

5514

Intel Xeon W-3175X

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1657

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

1721

Intel Core i7-11700

1674

Intel Core i9-11900T

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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.

16942

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

17204

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

17196

Intel Xeon W-3275M

All the benchmark results

Monero Hashrate kH/s

Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed

Higher values are better in this metric.

20.5 kH/s

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

27.75 kH/s

AMD Epyc 7502

27.75 kH/s

AMD Epyc 7502P

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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

46021

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

63812

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX

55032

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

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