AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 369.00
$ 163.18 significantly less expensive
$ 532.18

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13788 points
17229 points
24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14026 points
15130 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13725 points
17969 points
30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13727 points
18272 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13920 points
16731 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

462.53 points
605.81 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19790 points
21438 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3339 points
3385 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
4.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
5.7 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
41% slightly lower TDP
170 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
1280 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
Identical
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

35th of 1,089
7th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 9900X vs Ryzen 9 9950X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9950X is faster than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9950X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 9900X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9950X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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