AMD Ryzen 9 9950X ES CPU Is Faster Than Ryzen 9 5950X At Just 90W, Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X, Ryzen 5 9600X Tested At Default TDP

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X is looking to be a super efficient chip in the latest leak while the Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X have been tested at default TDP.

The latest leaks come from Geekbench 6 database (via @Benchleaks) and Anandtech forum member, igor_kavinski. Starting first with the high-end chip, Igor has once again shared the performance figures of what allegedly appears to be an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core ES CPU. Previously, the same chip was tested at a 60W PPT, and now the chip has been tested at 90W

For starters, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X CPU has an officially rated TDP of 170W and a PPT above that which can be fully enabled using PBO. The chip has a maximum frequency "FMAX" of 5.85 GHz and we have recently seen the chip running at up to 5730 MHz in leaked benchmarks within Geekbench 6.

The latest performance tests were once again evaluated within the Blender 3.3 benchmark in the three main tests, Monster, Junkshop, and Classroom. In terms of clock speeds, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X CPU is seen running at up to 5050 MHz with the 90W PPT which is -650 MHz below its officially rated 5.70 GHz boost clock. At 60W, the chip ran at an even lower clock speed of up to 4085 MHz. The chip was running with a custom PBO (Precision Boost Overdrive) and CO (Curve Optimizer) profile under water cooling.

In terms of performance figures, the chip scored 227.5 points on the Monster test, 150.6 points on the Junkshop test, and 108.8 points on the Classroom test. Following is how the Ryzen 9 9950X CPU stacks up:

Comparing the results, we can see that the chip delivers up to a 50% performance gain over the 60W PPT tune which falls in line with the 50% higher PPT of 90W. Compared to the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, the CPU delivers 18-19% higher performance with much lower power. The 5950X comes with a 105W TDP and a PPT of up to 142W. That's 52W higher than the 90W PPT set for the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X ES CPU, showcasing some impressive performance efficiency for the Zen 4 chip.

It does end up slower than the 13900K which has a much higher MTP of 253W but the difference is not that big and should be able to overcome or match it with a significantly lower TDP. This is a very impressive showcase of the Zen 5 architecture and its multi-threaded efficiency.

In addition to the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X CPU, the latest results of the Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X CPUs have also been leaked which have apparently been tested at their default TDPs of 120W and 65W instead of the PBO profiles that we have seen earlier. The new benchmarks were conducted on the ASRock X670E Steel Legend.

The Ryzen 9 9900X chip was running at a maximum frequency of 5648 MHz or 48 MHz higher than its official boost clock. The Ryzen 7 9700X CPU was running at 5545 MHz or 45 MHz above its boost clock (official). The Ryzen 5 9600X CPU was running at 5449 MHz or 49 MHz above its official boost clock of 5.4 GHz.

In terms of performance, the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core CPU scored 3236 points in the single-core and 18,102 points in the multi-core tests. The Ryzen 7 9700X scored 3255 points in the single-core and 15,634 points in the multi-core tests. The Ryzen 5 9600X scored 3172 points in single-core and 13,5000 points in multi-core tests.

The PBO profile of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X CPU ends up 5% faster in single-core and 9.1% faster in the multi-thread score at Geekbench 6. This is due to the higher power input that the chip has access to once PBO is enabled and falls in line with what we explained here in our post. The Ryzen 7 9700X ends up 2% faster in single-core and 4.5% faster in multi-core tests with its PBO profile. On the other hand, the Ryzen 5 9600X CPU ends up 4% faster in single-core and 8.1% faster in multi-core tests with its PBO profile enabled versus the default profile.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X does fall below the Core i7-14700K at its default which is something that we had also talked about in a previous post covering the Cinebench R23 benchmarks of the same chip. Even with its default profile, the Ryzen 9 9900X "Zen 5" Desktop CPU is 11% faster in single-core and close to 2% faster in multi-thread scores versus its 170W predecessor (Ryzen 9 7900X).

The AMD Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" Desktop CPUs including the Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core hit retail shelves later this month on the AM5 platform so stay tuned for some action.