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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - Great for Gaming and Productivity

Name: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
Brand: AMD
Price: 700 USD

on Mar 11th, 2025,

in Processors.

Manufacturer: AMD

Test Setup

All applications, games, and processors are tested with the drivers and hardware listed below—no performance results were recycled between test systems.
All games and applications are tested using the same version.
All games are set to their highest quality setting unless indicated otherwise.

Test System "Zen 4 & Zen 5"
Processor:	All AMD Ryzen 9000, 8000 & Ryzen 7000 processors
Motherboard:	ASUS X870E Crosshair Hero BIOS 9951
Memory:	2x 16 GB DDR5-6000 28-36-36-76 Infinity Fabric @ 2000 MHz
Graphics:	PNY GeForce RTX 5090 ARGB OC
Storage:	2 TB M.2 NVMe SSD
Air Cooling:	Noctua NH-D15
Water Cooling:	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420 mm AIO
Thermal Paste:	Arctic MX-6
Power Supply:	Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200 W ATX 3.0 / 16-pin 12VHPWR
Software:	Windows 11 Professional 64-bit 24H2 VBS enabled (Windows 11 default)
Drivers:	Ryzen Chipset Drivers 7.02.13.148 Game Mode enabled, Game Bar installed and active

Test System "Arrow Lake"
Processor:	All Intel Core 200 Series processors (Intel stock power settings / ASUS MCE disabled)
Motherboard:	ASUS Z890 Maximus Hero BIOS 1501 MSI Z890 Carbon (power consumption tests) BIOS v1A51
Memory:	2x 16 GB DDR5-6000 28-36-36-76 2T / Gear 2
All other specifications same as above

Test System "Raptor Lake & Alder Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 14th, 13th & 12th Gen processors (Intel stock power settings / ASUS MCE disabled)
Motherboard:	ASUS Z790 Maximus Dark Hero BIOS 1801
Memory:	2x 16 GB DDR5-6000 28-36-36-76 2T / Gear 2
All other specifications same as above

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