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
4070: $550, 59 fps
7900 XtxTX: $909, 64 fps
4070 + 7800X3D: $935
Yeah, having 12 GB is bigly sad, but you pay quite a premium for double the VRAM and a few FPS more.
About how bad is 6400MT/s RAM do we talk about 1:1 or 1:2 or 1:4? :D
...But 1.) I don't think that's using path tracing, and (the most important one) 2.) It's only getting 65fps at 1080p, so that looks like 30fps at 4K to my brain...
Looks like I'm going to have to use DLSS to have my dream of Cyberpunk RT at 60fps on a 5080. :( That's just so crap for 2025... And I bet the greedy bastardos gimp it with 16GB of VRAM. A card like the 5080 should have 24GB, with 8GB being for the budget cards, 16GB for the mid-range, and 32GB at the top end. But it is nGreedia we are talking about...
You can do 1440p with medium/high...
In EU, Ada + >8192 MB VRAM starts at $2000.
geizhals.eu/?cat=nb&xf=11315_E+17+-+Ada+Lovelace~7436_8193Exactly, why would you buy a card like that, just to compromise on a four year old game? Imagine what games will do to that card in the near future..
It's terrible that even an upcoming $1200 card won't play 4K 60fps with RT without DLSS. But I don't know if I can do another 2 years with a 2070!
We could see the 5080 perform like 30-50 percent faster than 4080 in raster, however, the 5080 may get improved RT core architecture that will provide you with raw RT 60 FPS at 4K and by raw I mean native aka 100% render resolution.Leaks suggest that the Infinity Fabric has been increased to 2400 on the ZEN5 processors and that means the sweetspot will be 7200 MT/s, others say that it will be 6400 so we'll just have to wait and see.AM6 is more like it.The 7800X3D on a 6000 CL30 system has beaten the 14900K on a 7200 CL34 one, so 8000 MT/s DDR5 DIMMs sure are a nice to have but 3D V-Cache SKUs don't necessarily need that much memory speed to perform well.No, you're not.That's correct.
RDNA4 will be like RDNA1 (in terms of naming, that is), so something like x700 XT will be the highest SKU in the RDNA4 lineup as an example. The ETA for RDNA4 is Q1 2025.