AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - CPU Specs

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
AMD Ryzen 7000
Family
Ryzen
Form Factor
Desktops / Boxed Processor
Generation
5
Name
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Predecessor
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Segment
Desktop
Series
Ryzen 7000 Series
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
—
Execution units
—
Generation
—
GPU Frequency
2200 MHz
GPU name
AMD Radeon Graphics
GPU Turbo
No turbo
Graphics Cores
2
Max. displays
—
Max. GPU Memory
—
Release date
—
Shader
—
Technology
—

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
256 GB
Memory Bandwidth
83.2 GB/s
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR5
PCIe
PCIe 5.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Default TDP
170 W
Maximum Operating Temperature
95 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
170 W
TDP (PL2)
230 W
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Raphael (Zen 4)
Codename
Raphael AM5
Documents
—
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
L2-Cache
16 MB
L3-Cache
64 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
2022-09-27
Socket
AM5
Technology
TSMC 5nm FinFET
Virtualization
AMD-V, SVM

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

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 17

Blender Cycles

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

Test and settings	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Linux	658.852208 samples/min Submissions: 132
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows	546.570676 samples/min Submissions: 593
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Linux	672.672632 samples/min Submissions: 36
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows	550.882976 samples/min Submissions: 294
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Linux	639.162595 samples/min Submissions: 82
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows	527.799756 samples/min Submissions: 470
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux	644.599619 samples/min Submissions: 76
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows	521.842157 samples/min Submissions: 504
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux	627.290228 samples/min Submissions: 41
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows	533.737601 samples/min Submissions: 202
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux	640.195415 samples/min Submissions: 60
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	539.85203 samples/min Submissions: 186

More tests: 5

Test and settings	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Linux	584.519424 samples/min Submissions: 9
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows	599.189804 samples/min Submissions: 15
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	577.564381 samples/min Submissions: 26
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Linux	635.78393 samples/min Submissions: 9
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows	555.135698 samples/min Submissions: 14

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.

Test	Result	Reported conditions
Cinebench R15 / multi-core	6236 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090 System RAM: 32 GB
Cinebench R15 / single-core	317 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090 System RAM: 32 GB
Cinebench R20 / multi-core	14891 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090 System RAM: 32 GB
Cinebench R20 / single-core	783 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090 System RAM: 32 GB
Cinebench R23 / multi-core	38248 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090 System RAM: 32 GB
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

Result	Reported conditions
20335.53635 H/s	RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows System RAM: 32 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / PRIME B650-PLUS Duration: 49.175 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 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.

1989

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

2002

Intel Core i9-12900KF

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.

38293

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

47102

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

43450

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX

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.

2128

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

10511

Intel Core i9-12900KS

2147

Intel Core i9-13900K

All the benchmark results

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.

22252

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

23982

Intel Core i9-13900K

23465

Intel Xeon W-3175X

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