The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X Review: Flagship Zen 5 Soars and Stalls
AMD launched the Ryzen 9 9950X and 9900X processors featuring Zen 5 architecture, with 16 and 12 cores respectively, optimized for gaming performance and compatible with existing AM5 motherboards.
Read original article
AMD has launched its Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X processors, which are part of the new Ryzen 9000 series utilizing the Zen 5 microarchitecture. The Ryzen 9 9950X features 16 cores and a boost clock of up to 5.7 GHz, while the Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 cores with a maximum boost of 5.6 GHz. Both processors maintain compatibility with existing AM5 motherboards, although new X870E/X870 motherboards will not be available until September. The Ryzen 9 9950X has a thermal design power (TDP) of 170 W, while the 9900X has a lower TDP of 120 W. AMD has also reintroduced the PPM Provisioning driver for these models, which optimizes performance by managing core usage during gaming to reduce latency issues associated with multi-CCD configurations. This driver aims to consolidate gaming demands within a single cache domain, enhancing performance by preventing threads from straddling multiple CCDs. The Ryzen 9000 series is positioned to compete effectively against Intel's 14th Gen Core series, with performance benchmarks expected to highlight their capabilities in productivity, gaming, and AI tasks.
- AMD has launched the Ryzen 9 9950X and 9900X processors with Zen 5 architecture.
- The Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores and a TDP of 170 W, while the 9900X has 12 cores and a TDP of 120 W.
- Both processors are compatible with existing AM5 motherboards.
- The PPM Provisioning driver is reintroduced to optimize gaming performance by managing core usage.
- The Ryzen 9000 series aims to compete with Intel's 14th Gen Core processors.
Related
The AMD Zen 5 Microarchitecture
AMD revealed Zen 5 microarchitecture at Computex 2024, launching Ryzen AI 300 series for mobile and Ryzen 9000 series for desktop. Zen 5 brings enhanced performance with XDNA 2 NPU, RDNA 3.5 graphics, and 16% better IPC than Zen 4.
AMD delays Ryzen 9000 launch to August "out of an abundance of caution"
AMD has delayed the Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors' launch from July to August due to quality issues. The six- and eight-core models will launch on August 8, and the 12- and 16-core models on August 15.
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X Offer Excellent Linux Performance
The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X processors, priced at $279 and $359, respectively, deliver strong Linux performance, compatibility with AM5 motherboards, and outperform Intel's 14th Gen Core CPUs.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X Deliver Excellent Linux Performance
The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and 9950X processors are praised for their Linux performance in heavy workloads, offering significant efficiency and improvements, priced at $499 and $649 respectively, with some limitations.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Review: Zen 5 at Full Power
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, priced at $650, excels in multi-threaded tasks but underperforms in gaming compared to competitors. It features AVX-512 support and is compatible with AM5 motherboards.
7 commentsI suspect it’s a hiccup and easily fixed with a software update but unfortunate since the launch benchmarks tend to be the ones that stick around.
Games are not one of my PC use cases so I am pleased to see that the 9950X is the new king of the hill for compiling software. My 14900K is glitching out so I need to replace it and the 9950X is a lot cheaper than a Threadripper or Xeon-W.
Very interesting this driver is needed.
Has there ever been a time in the past where a driver is needed just so the CPU properly functions?
Related
The AMD Zen 5 Microarchitecture
AMD revealed Zen 5 microarchitecture at Computex 2024, launching Ryzen AI 300 series for mobile and Ryzen 9000 series for desktop. Zen 5 brings enhanced performance with XDNA 2 NPU, RDNA 3.5 graphics, and 16% better IPC than Zen 4.
AMD delays Ryzen 9000 launch to August "out of an abundance of caution"
AMD has delayed the Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors' launch from July to August due to quality issues. The six- and eight-core models will launch on August 8, and the 12- and 16-core models on August 15.
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X Offer Excellent Linux Performance
The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X processors, priced at $279 and $359, respectively, deliver strong Linux performance, compatibility with AM5 motherboards, and outperform Intel's 14th Gen Core CPUs.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X Deliver Excellent Linux Performance
The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and 9950X processors are praised for their Linux performance in heavy workloads, offering significant efficiency and improvements, priced at $499 and $649 respectively, with some limitations.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Review: Zen 5 at Full Power
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, priced at $650, excels in multi-threaded tasks but underperforms in gaming compared to competitors. It features AVX-512 support and is compatible with AM5 motherboards.