AMD Ryzen 9 9950X “Zen 5” CPU Tested At 230W Power Limit, Up To 28% Faster Than 7950X & 34% Faster Than 14900K

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X "Zen 5" CPU boasts incredible performance at a TDP of just 160W, blazing past both the Core i9-14900K & Ryzen 9 7950X.

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X "Zen 5" Blazes Past 7950X & 14900K With Fully Unlocked 230W PPT, ES Chip Scores Massive 34% Lead

In his ongoing series of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Blender performance tuning and testing, Anandtech forum member, Igor_kavinski has shown us how the 16-core flagship scales at lower TDPs within the Blender benchmark. So far, he has shown 60W,90W,120W, and 160W PPT results, and now, we have a new 230W PPT result that outperforms the Ryzen 9 7950X & Intel's top Core i9 chips.

The chip being used by Igor's source is an engineering sample which should have slightly lower clocks than the retail chip. At 60W, the chip was able to come close to the Intel Core i9-12900K while boosting up to 4084 MHz, and at 90W, it was able to outperform the Ryzen 9 5950X while boosting up to 5053 MHz. At 120W, the chip beats all of the top current-gen processors from Intel and AMD while boosting up to 5555 MHz and the same is the case with the 230W result which takes things up a notch with the frequency now hitting above 5.6 GHz. Do keep in mind that the other chips tested here are running at their peak power ratings. It's only the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X ES CPU that has been tuned. To summarize it all:

• Ryzen 9 9950X (230W PPT) - 5620 MHz Peak Clock / 62C Temps
• Ryzen 9 9900X (160W PPT) - 5555 MHz Peak Clock / 58C Temps
• Ryzen 9 9950X (120W PPT) - 5220 MHz Peak Clock / 55C Temps
• Ryzen 9 9950X (90W PPT) - 5050 MHz Peak Clock / 49C Temps
• Ryzen 9 9950X (60W PPT) - 4084 MHz Peak Clock / 41C Temps

It should be mentioned that these results were achieved using a water-cooling setup. AMD has officially recommended an AIO with its Ryzen 9 9000 CPUs such as the 9950X and 9900X & we did mention earlier that Ryzen 9000 chips should run a bit cooler than the Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" CPUs.

So coming to the 230W PPT test, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X CPU clocked up to 5620 MHz which is still 80 MHz below its 5700 MHz official boost clock and the minimum clock speed at load was 5400 MHz. The maximum temperatures reached 62C and we can see that the chip didn't exceed the 230 Watts power consumption.

In terms of performance, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X ES CPU scored 353.4 points in the Monster test, 226.1 points in the Junkshop test, and 171.3 points in the Classroom test in Blender. Compared to the Core i9-14900K, the Zen 5 CPU was able to outperform it by up to 33.5%. The Ryzen 9 9950X CPU also outperformed the Ryzen 9 7950X by up to 27.6% which is a phenomenal performance uplift. Do remember that since these results are based on an engineering sample that clocks a bit lower than the retail chips, we can expect even bigger performance jumps with proper chips.

We also recently saw the comparisons of various AMD Ryzen 9000 Desktop CPUs such as the Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X, and Ryzen 5 9600X at their PBO and default profiles. You can check those out here.

In addition to those, we also have some new AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core CPU benchmarks within CPU-z. These new scores come from QQ (via HXL) and show the chip scoring 878.1 points in single and 13572 points in multi-core tests. This puts the single-core performance close to the i9-13900K while the multi-core performance is slower than the Core i7-14700K.

AMD has been leading the efficiency race with its strong Zen portfolio in the past releases and that is looking to be true for the next-generation lineup too. We are fast approaching the launch of the AMD Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" Desktop CPUs which are expected to hit retail later this month and we can expect many more tests and reviews in the coming weeks.

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