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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Desktop CPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

63B
Cores16
Threads32
Boost Clock4.9 GHz
TDP105 W
SocketAM4
Process7 nm
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Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core96
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core1464
TDP105 W Boost: 142 W
Cache L364MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)96
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)1464
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)12,728
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)3476
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)45,260
Blender CPU413.83

Full specifications

Cinebench

Cinebench 2026 (Single)
464
Cinebench 2026 (Multi)
5693

GeekBench v6

File compression
1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation
147.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
224.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
372.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
222.5 pages/sec
Background blur
28.4 images/sec
Photo processing
85 images/sec
Ray tracing
38.4 Mpixels/sec

PassMark

Integer math
183.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math
100.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
223M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
64.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption
39.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression
622.5 MBytes/sec
Physics
1854 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
40.4B Matrices/sec

Performance Per Watt

Cinebench 2024 / Watt
13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
121.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
431 PPW
Blender / Watt
3.94 PPW

General

Vendor
Amd
Released
October 8, 2020
Type
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Codename
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU
No
Intel Equivalent
- Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CPU

P-Cores
16
P-Threads
32
Base Frequency (P)
3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)
4.9 GHz
Total Cores
16
Total Threads
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
34x
L1 Cache
64K (per core)
L2 Cache
512K (per core)
L3 Cache
64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes

Package

Transistors
4.15 billions
Fabrication Process
7 nm
TDP (PL1)
105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2)
142 W
Socket
AM4
Peak Temperature
95°C

Memory Support

Memory Types
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size
128 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
ECC Support
Yes

Misc

Official Site
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page
PCI Express Version
4.0
PCI Express Lanes
20
Technologies
- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA - Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2 - Virtualization: AMD-V - Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.

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