Thursday, July 25th 2024
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Pre-Launch Sample Overclocked at 6 GHz
Despite the postponement of the Ryzen 9000 launch announced by AMD on Wednesday, early engineering samples used by motherboard makers reached some users (mainly overclockers). As it is the case with a pre-launch sample of AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 9950X. This CPU is equipped with 16 cores, 32 threads, a base clock frequency of 4.3 GHz with a 5.7 GHz max boost, 80 MB cache (64 MB L3 + 16 MB L2), and a TDP of 170 W.
A user overclocked the 9950X sample to 5.953 GHz using an ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E motherboard equipped with 32 GB DDR5-6000 memory. (Note: There's no information on whether air or water cooling was used.) The user then posted new results in Geekbench 5 and Geekbench 6, which demonstrate impressive performance gains for the 9950X. It's worth noting that AMD also overclocked the processor to 6.6 and even 6.7 GHz, however, they used liquid nitrogen.
GeekBench 5 scores
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Zen 5 processor, running at 6.0 GHz, achieved 2795 points for single-core and 30050 points for multi-core performance. These results represent improvements of 10% in single-core and 13% in multi-core performance compared to the CPU's stock configuration. When measured against the non-overclocked Intel Core i9-14900K, the overclocked Ryzen 9 9950X demonstrated a 12% advantage in single-core performance and a 16% lead in multi-core performance.
GeekBench 6 scores
The processor achieved Geekbench 6 scores of 3706 points in single-core and 26047 points in multi-core tests. These results show a 10% improvement in single-core and a 20% boost in multi-core performance over its stock configuration. When compared to the non-overclocked Intel Core i9-14900KS, this chip outperforms it by 16% in single-core and 19% in multi-core benchmarks.
Sources:
IT Home, Videocardz
A user overclocked the 9950X sample to 5.953 GHz using an ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E motherboard equipped with 32 GB DDR5-6000 memory. (Note: There's no information on whether air or water cooling was used.) The user then posted new results in Geekbench 5 and Geekbench 6, which demonstrate impressive performance gains for the 9950X. It's worth noting that AMD also overclocked the processor to 6.6 and even 6.7 GHz, however, they used liquid nitrogen.
GeekBench 6 scores
62 Comments on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Pre-Launch Sample Overclocked at 6 GHz
Once upon a time, there was a 3.5GHz wall. Now it looked like a 6GHz wall. Processors currently aren't getting much faster than that in general use. :oops:
Would it get much faster still before some hard physics limit?
But i think the cpu most are waiting for, is the 3D variants, especially gamers. Rumors also subject that for the first time 3D variants should be fully unlocked for overclocking and that was my main reason why i would not chose a 3D cpu because i love to tinkerband oc a cpu. But is fully unlocked, i se no reason for why i should not get a 3D variant if i was to replace my 5950X witch i do not plan to do yet
But a 6 ghz all core 9950X3D yes please:respect:
That, with 3DV-cache, would be ideal.
As-is I'll wait for Zen 6...
I'm also curious about the boards cost. The AM5 seems holding on to the higher price for motherboards and it is quite upsetting.
This is too little, too late, and will render the whole Ryzen 900 series as DOA, and not worthwhile purchase.
No buy.
My own P4 Prescott 2.93GHz in those days was actually not all that hot with an OEM stock cooler, but it did not scale. That's before frequencies generally went back to and below 3GHz for Core/Core 2 generations.
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/27510/intel-pentium-4-processor-supporting-ht-technology-4-00-ghz-2m-cache-1066-mhz-fsb/specifications.html
forums.guru3d.com/threads/to-overclock-pentium-4-3-0ghz-upto-4-8ghz.155068/
The CCD we know has been designed and optimised for the Epyc. When AMD's simulations show that a 12-core die is the best for the many-many-core CPU performance and cost, they'll move to 12 cores. (for Zen 6, 12 cores + 48 MB L3 seems the most probable to me but don't listen to me, I also predicted 10-12 cores for the Zen 5 CCD)
What came next was leagues above.