AMD Ryzen™ 9 9950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

I benchmarked the performacne of FPGA development tools for an AMD 9950X system against an Intel iCore9 13900K system. The relative performance was mixed.The tools tested were Xilinx Vivado, Atlera Quartus Pro, Siemans Questa and a tool of my own, HDLmaker. Both systems were running Ubuntu 22.04. The Intel system was using the standard Ubuntu kernel, the AMD system was using the mainline Ubuntu kernel. The standard Ubuntu kernel lacks Ethernet drivers for the AMD board, the mainline kernel fully supports it.The Intel iCore9 13900K is faster for Vivado and Quartus Pro, The AMD 9950X is faster for Questa and HDLmaker.EnterpriseAMD Ryzen™ 9 9950X 16-Core, 32-Thread128G CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000MHzGIGABYTE X870 AORUS Elite WIFI7 AMD AM5 LGA 1718 MotherboardSAMSUNG 990 EVO Plus SSD 4TB, PCIe Gen 4x4 | Gen 5x2 M.2 2280Ubuntu 24.04Kernal 6.14.0-061400-genericYorktownIntel Core i9-13900K - Core i9 13th Gen Raptor Lake 24-Core128G CORSAIR Vengeance 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 5600 (PC5 44800)GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS ELITE AX LGA 1700 Intel Z790 ATX Motherboard with DDR5Crucial P3 4TB PCIe 3.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSDUbuntu 22.04Kernal 6.8.0-52-genericVivado: 1Enterprise: synth_design: Time (s): cpu = 00:36:12 ; elapsed = 00:35:42 . Memory (MB): peak = 26506.137 ; gain = 23587.469 ; free physical = 81568 ; free virtual = 447284Enterprise: route_design: Time (s): cpu = 01:39:32 ; elapsed = 00:50:47 . Memory (MB): peak = 17087.441 ; gain = 1562.531 ; free physical = 77223 ; free virtual = 443027Yorktown: synth_design: Time (s): cpu = 00:32:39 ; elapsed = 00:32:12 . Memory (MB): peak = 26503.715 ; gain = 23592.078 ; free physical = 25669 ; free virtual = 109780Yorktown: route_design: Time (s): cpu = 01:43:56 ; elapsed = 00:50:48 . Memory (MB): peak = 17180.012 ; gain = 1554.500 ; free physical = 21966 ; free virtual = 105577Vivado: 2Enterprise: synth_design: Time (s): cpu = 00:19:07 ; elapsed = 00:19:01 . Memory (MB): peak = 13239.812 ; gain = 10322.176 ; free physical = 97811 ; free virtual = 446595Enterprise: route_design: Time (s): cpu = 01:21:12 ; elapsed = 00:38:40 . Memory (MB): peak = 19368.762 ; gain = 0.000 ; free physical = 89228 ; free virtual = 437844Yorktown: synth_design: Time (s): cpu = 00:18:10 ; elapsed = 00:18:06 . Memory (MB): peak = 13231.773 ; gain = 10319.141 ; free physical = 19164 ; free virtual = 108350Yorktown: route_design: Time (s): cpu = 01:19:05 ; elapsed = 00:32:39 . Memory (MB): peak = 19666.379 ; gain = 0.000 ; free physical = 10503 ; free virtual = 99516Vivado: 3Enterprise: synth_design: Time (s): cpu = 00:22:29 ; elapsed = 00:22:23 . Memory (MB): peak = 13740.703 ; gain = 10819.066 ; free physical = 101952 ; free virtual = 447429Enterprise: route_design: Time (s): cpu = 01:45:11 ; elapsed = 00:54:54 . Memory (MB): peak = 19997.387 ; gain = 0.000 ; free physical = 93311 ; free virtual = 438528Yorktown: synth_design: Time (s): cpu = 00:21:39 ; elapsed = 00:21:38 . Memory (MB): peak = 13243.625 ; gain = 10321.988 ; free physical = 15590 ; free virtual = 107900Yorktown: route_design: Time (s): cpu = 01:36:03 ; elapsed = 00:43:00 . Memory (MB): peak = 20184.555 ; gain = 0.000 ; free physical = 7075 ; free virtual = 99039Questa:Enterprise: 57.441u 5.322s 1:04.50Yorktown: 69.688u 8.815s 1:18.79Quartus_pro:Enterprise: Elapsed time: 00:26:08Yorktown: Elapsed time: 00:25:54HDLmaker:Enterprise: 66.094u 12.343s 1:19.03Yorktown: 72.277u 16.625s 1:29.01

I was trying to hold out for the 9950X3D but with the short supply and very high demand going for $800+ from scalpers I decided to go with an open box 9950X for half the price and I'm so glad I did!I've been live streaming on Streamlabs simultaneously playing the Doom: The Dark Ages and this CPU handles it with ease and never gets warmer than 60C!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟FIVE STARS HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

This chip is an absolute beast! I bought this for my new gaming build, and it can easily handle anything you throw at it. With the right voltage optimization and cooling, it can run pretty cool as well.I considered getting the 9900X before getting this, but I’m glad I got the extra 4 cores. The 32 threads means I can play pretty much any game I want without having to worry about the CPU being the bottleneck, and I can run VMs and still have CPU resources to spare.AMD has really outdone themselves with this chip, and I couldn’t be more satisfied with it! The price might seem high, but it’s worth every cent.

I built a new workstation for at home and I wanted a high end processor. This processor is amazingly fast. It does run hot, so you need to do liquid cooling. I went with an iCue Titan 360. Works extremely well. Been an AMD fanboy since the early 2000's.

Just like what everyone else says, it is a fast cpu that gets the job done. I have had no issues with it. A bit slower than a 14900k on single thread apps but faster on all thread apps. Runs reasonably cool in my case with the 360 AIO from BeQuiet!

Thrilled with the performance. I do light gaming and some productivity but I've always gotten Ryzen 5 level chips. Decided I wanted to lean more into the workstation side of things a bit.This thing is a beast. Im an Astrophotographer and having a ton of threads is very nice for processing hours of data in short time.Also realized a lot of the games I play are a lot better in performance with 32 threads instead of 12. I play a lot of simulation / city builder games not so much super fast paced high FPS titles. City skylines 2 for example I can run full simulation speed now in a large city. With my 5600X I couldn't run more than 1x speed with a town of 300,000 or more.It does run hot. If you test in cinebench, expect the temps to top out at 95C with multi core tests. This is with a 240aio and fans at 100%. I'm lead to believe this happens even with 360mm rads.It was pulling 220w of power during the test, what do you expect. In gaming it hung out around 65-75 pretty nicely though.