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[5-Way] AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Benchmarks for the [5-Way] AMD Ryzen 9 5950X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

[5-Way] AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.9 GHz

Cores: 16# Threads: 32#

Typical TDP: 105 W#

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 16 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 64 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2020

CPUmark/$Price: 7.40

Overall Rank:
528th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPU CPUs

Last Price Change: $1,787.65 USD Total for 5 CPUs (2026-10-06)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13220
Single Thread Rating
2972

Samples: 1*
*Margin for error: High

#The number of cores/threads and TDP is per CPU. To determine the total, multiply by the total CPU count.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for [5-Way] AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Integer Math32,463 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math27,627 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers76 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting17,812 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption6,991 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression128,487 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,392 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions13,018 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,972 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for [5-Way] AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of October 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,191
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,056
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 34,287
Apple M4 10 Core
 23,570
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,538
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,025
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,649
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,120
[5-Way] AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 13,220
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 173.01
Intel Core i9-14900K
 154.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 147.45
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.12
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K
 92.45
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 80.56
[5-Way] AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 7.40
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M4 10 Core
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,595
Apple M4 10 Core
 4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,366
[5-Way] AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 2,972
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,557
Last 2 Baselines for [5-Way] AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL5011718 - Feb 01 2022
13220
BL5011717 - Feb 01 2022 [Excluded]
13159
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 13,220
Intel Core i7-10700F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 16,087 (+21.7%)
Intel Core i7-10700 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 15,971 (+20.8%)
Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 31,932 (+141.6%)
Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 19,345 (+46.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 16,000 (+21.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 15,924 (+20.5%)
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 14,244 (+7.7%)
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 14,120 (+6.8%)
Intel Core i5-10600KF @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 14,108 (+6.7%)
Intel Core i5-10500 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 12,885 (-2.5%)
Intel Core i7-10700T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 12,812 (-3.1%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
 12,090 (-8.5%)