AMD recently announced the postponement of the Ryzen 9000 launch, but early engineering samples have made their way to some users, particularly overclockers. One such sample is the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, featuring 16 cores, 32 threads, a base clock frequency of 4.3 GHz with a max boost of 5.7 GHz, 80 MB cache, and a TDP of 170 W.
One user managed to overclock the 9950X sample to 5.953 GHz using an ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E motherboard and 32 GB DDR5-6000 memory. The performance gains were significant, with Geekbench 5 and Geekbench 6 scores showing improvements over the stock configuration. AMD also overclocked the processor to 6.6 and 6.7 GHz using liquid nitrogen.
Geekbench 5 scores for the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X at 6.0 GHz were 2795 points for single-core and 30050 points for multi-core performance, representing a 10% and 13% increase, respectively, over stock. When compared to the Intel Core i9-14900K, the overclocked 9950X showed a 12% advantage in single-core and a 16% lead in multi-core performance.
Geekbench 6 scores for the processor were 3706 points in single-core and 26047 points in multi-core tests, showing a 10% and 20% improvement over stock. In comparison to the Intel Core i9-14900KS, the Ryzen 9 9950X outperformed it by 16% in single-core and 19% in multi-core benchmarks.
